The Grammy award winning singer Taylor Swift has had her life, everything from her relationships to her career, to ongoing feuds with fellow celebrities, under intense scrutiny. But her fans adore her, as can be seen in the devoted followers on the Taylor Swift Instagram account.
It's not hard to see why the singer's fans are so enamored with the singer. Especially after news came out of how the 24 year old singer gave a special message to a fan through the Taylor Swift Instagram account.
Hannah Webster, who is an incoming freshman in high school wrote a message to the Grammy winnning singer through the latter's Instagram account. She related how bullies have been bothering her, and how she felt about the taunts.
"Taylor, why are people at school so mean? Why do they always try to bring me down? I'm sitting here crying while I write this. I don't know what to do anymore. No matter what I do, it's never good enough. There's always something that I do wrong. I get made fun of for having big dreams or what I wear or things that I like. I just want to know why they do it, Taylor. Why do they do this to me? Why do they torture me and hate me so much?," Hannah wrote. "I'm starting high school Wednesday and I was actually pretty excited, but now, whenever I think about it I feel sick. I just want to feel wanted for once. I wanna feel like I belong. I just want to feel better than I do right now. Taylor, please help me. I need it desperately. I need a hug. I love you lots. Love, Hannah"
And the singer chose to take the time out of her busy schedule to respond personally to Hannah's cry for help. An excerpt from the Taylor Swift Instagram account reads,
"Reading this made me so sad, because I love seeing you in your videos and photos being so happy and wide eyed, like the world isn't as harsh and unfair as it actually is. I hate thinking about your pretty face covered in tears, but I know why you're crying, because I've been in your place," Taylor says. "This isn't a high school thing or an age thing. It's a people thing. A life thing. It doesn't stop. It doesn't end or change. People cut other people down for entertainment, amusement, out of jealousy, because of something broken inside them. Or for no reason at all."
After empathizing with the young woman, the singer goes on to give sound advice.
"...only way they win is if your tears turn to stone and make you bitter like them. It's OK to ask why. It's OK to wonder how you could try so hard and still get stomped all over. Just don't let them change you or stop you from singing or dancing around to your favorite song," Swift continued.
Swift goes on to say, "You're going into high school this week and this is your chance to push the reset button on how much value you give the opinion of these kids, most of whom have NO idea who they are. I'm so proud of you and protective of you because you DO. If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more. Every time someone picks on me, I'll think of you in the hopes that every time someone picks on you, you'll think of me... and how we have this thread that connects us. Let them keep living in the darkness and we'll keep walking in the sunlight. Forever on your side, Taylor"
