Hi Celine, nice to see you here! You are very young, bright and brave! This is a massive platform with thousands of people, and yet ... here you are!

We are usually braver and sharper than we know or feel! You are at an exciting stage of life! You are getting to know yourself and the world around you.

Here are some thoughts I hope you find helpful...

Become your own best friend!

Talk to yourself with kindness.

You can't control the world and the people in it, nor can the world MAKE you be or feel anything, without your permission.

Don't take "how" people are personally! People are how they are! It's not about you! Remind yourself of that especially when people are unkind. They are unkind because that is how THEY are - miserable, insecure and sad inside, wherever they go, stuck with themselves! Whoever is in their "splatter zone" will get "sprayed"! Distance yourself from them physically, if possible and definitely mentally and emotionally! They have problems but they are not YOUR problem. You only have a problem if you make "how" they are about you! When we forget this, we suffer needlessly!

I learned this late in life ... what people think of me is none of my business - unless I MAKE it my business! When I heard that for the first time, I couldn't believe it until I started practising it in my life!

If a person wants to grow self-esteem, all he/she has to do is start doing "esteemable" things! Do things of which he/she can be proud! You see we cannot go wrong doing right and we can't go right doing wrong!

Hopefully you will learn that people will come and go but ultimately you are stuck with you, in this life and in the life beyond, as far as we know! So getting to know ourselves and becoming our own best friend is highly suggested!

You are young, bright and beautiful! See yourself as such and venture out into the world with confidence ! You see, YOU and only YOU has what YOU can offer to this world. Dig deep find out what your passions are! Get to know your heart and step out into the world and live, with clear conscience and pure intent!

I look forward to reading about your life as you navigate what can be challenging waters! Write about it! Share it with us!

I wish you a good life and of course, a great time on Steemit!

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