Its mind blowing how much we spend, each day/week/month and even year on the items we feel will make us more acceptable with the norm. And the designer brands are doing a good job of enslaving people into believing that the more of the labels, you have got, the more trendy you are/more fulfilled we will be. I am also a victim here. Theres always a paticular watch we want, particular brands of handbags added to our collection,shoes and dont mention the fake extensions that are now the order of the day. Sorry! Did I say fake?? Its called 100% human hair hahaha.
Dont get me wrong, I strongly believe in looking good but we should know where to draw the line and not cater for only the physical and not our inner self that we become so shallow and repulsive to people the people we meet along the way.
However I really love to read, Amy Chans write ups, and I love the way she bares herself. When I read her write ups, I feel like I am reading mine. Enjoy the post below from her. I just had to share it...
Thousands spent on makeup, hair products
and skin treatments later, and I still don’t feel pretty enough. The standard
of physical perfection seems to continue getting higher and more unobtainable,
meanwhile, in reality, we are faced with never being skinny enough, tanned
enough or symmetrical enough. And after my latest look in the mirror
criticizing my hair and skin, I realized, this desire to continue improving my
physical appearance is an addiction.
The pursuit of pretty is an endless one.
I’m a woman who enjoys fashion, getting
dolled up and looking presentable. But the line between the desire to looking
put-together and the desire to looking photoshopped is a blurry one. As I’m
getting older (and hopefully a little wiser), I’m realising more and more that
your looks will fade. And, if you base so much of your worth on your outer
appearance, then when gravity eventually has its way with you, you won’t be
feeling very good about yourself. Instead of embracing getting older, we fear
it and try to hide it based on our current North American perception of beauty. I’ve realised that instead of obsessing over
another superficial way to increase my attactiveness, perhaps its a better
investment to think about how I can become more beautiful on the inside – which
is 10 times more attractive than the effect that any facial or eyeliner could
ever have.
You can fake pretty. But you cannot fake
beautiful.
True beauty radiates from within. The
glow, the energy that you exude when you’re beautiful on the inside comes from
feeling comfortable with yourself, embodying confidence and embracing your
self-worth. This beauty only gets better with age. Being pretty, on the other
hand, doesn’t last and can be faked easily. Through proper grooming, make-up
techniques and Instagram filters, anyone can appear pretty. But that pretty
package only depreciates over time – and
it’s not sustainable.
To the women reading this piece, the
next time your inner self-critic takes over when you’re looking in the mirror,
I challenge you to stop the negative dialogue about your looks. Instead of
obsessing over how to become prettier, I encourage you to ask yourself how you
can feed your inner beauty. Because when you nourish your soul, educate
yourself, live in your essence… you radiate a type of beauty that no model or
vixen can compete with. You are beautiful. Remember that.
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