How many have felt the sting of words?  At a vulnerable time in your life, others have slung phrases at you that you took as truth.  Why?  Have you not heard that “Just because something is in print it isn’t necessarily true?”  The same holds true for the spoken word.  It is far easier for some to believe less than positive things about the self than positive things.  Why does it feel so good when we tell you, “You are so very loved?”  For these words stir an awareness of Truth within.  It is ego that allows you to believe anything less than the fact that you are Love and Joy and Beauty in expression.  Do not listen to ego.  Do not listen to any other when they denigrate you.  What is past is past.  Right here, right now, you could not be more beautiful, Beloved.