Underweight supermodels. Hours of makeup. Photo touching. Air brushing. Eating disorders. Plastic surgery. None of these things sound right or good to us, yet, in North America today, these things all equal beauty! When they are written down, point blank on paper like this, they don’t look too good – in fact, many people will think they sound quite appalling. Why is it then, that when we see people with some or all of these things, we think that we are unworthy of being called beautiful in comparison to these actors and models?. We can’t even blame the individuals themselves for it – they are just a product of our society’s standards!
I can’t help but wonder how we have come so far as a society, with incredible advances in technology, medicine and more, while falling so far in the area of beauty? In the last few years, girls as young as 8 and 9 years old have actually been feeling insecure about their bodies and looks! Our society needs to turn things around and give our kids their innocence and their childhoods back.
One thing you need to know if you are feeling insecure about yourself, is that there is not a single person on the face of the earth that has not felt the exact same way at some point in their lives. In fact, most people walk around most of their lives feeling insecure about their hair, looks, makeup, thighs, nose, or whatever they are not satisfied with. If anyone tells you that they have never felt that way, they are lying. Don’t worry; you are not the only person to ever feel insecure about yourself!
The next thing you need to know is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You may have heard this saying before, and maybe brushed it off as an attempt to make you feel better. However, this old saying couldn’t be truer. There are 6 billion people on this planet, and if everyone had the same likes and dislikes, and if every person was attracted to the same things, there would be a lot less people on the earth! What one person finds “okay,” another person finds beautiful.
Now that we’ve got the outer beauty out of the way, let’s focus on the beauty that lasts for life – inner beauty. Everyone gets old, and if you think that your partner is only attracted to you because of how you look, you may want to think about what will happen when the wrinkles, thinning and gray hair, weight gain and sagging hits! As you get to know each other more, it is what you have inside that will cause your partner to fall in love with you, not what is on the outside. Kindness, love, confidence, patience, your laugh, smile, and sense of humor: these are just a few of the things that will make you truly beautiful – from the inside out.