Living in my head

Today during my medical apts, I came across a gal that I only knew by face.
I used to work at my school's front desk part time and I seem to remember faces (never names, but lately neither both as I age, ugh).
She acknowledged that I looked familiar to her and after some thought we figured it out.
She then said "Oh I don't really remember anyone from school, maybe only two people in my class, but anyone else I don't remember. But I remember your face, you looked so familiar, I remember your face because I always thought you were so pretty."
Wow.
Not one to toot my own horn, but it was such a nice compliment!!
I found this sooo surprising and pretty cool, because I immediately was drawn back to thinking about how I actually felt about myself back then.
And that was not what I thought.
Growing up I will admit I've always felt like a Mugly Duckling.
The awkward stage seemed to last most of my childhood life.
Um... maybe I have pictures to prove it but I am not offering those up!
I guess as I got older I slowly I realized, hey... I have my good days haha.
I guess its a huge combination lack of self esteem and whatever else had an influence on me or whatever reason.
All of those things do not seem as important now.
But it has definitely surprised me today - how much I could live inside my own head and have a totally different picture of how I feel people perceive me, to how they actually perceive me.
Guess it can hold true for not just the external but internal as well.

Coincidentally, driving to my appointment, I heard this campaign on the radio:
 http://selfesteem.dove.ca/en/