As I
scrolled through my three social networks this afternoon, partly upset because I was experiencing writers
block, I could not help but notice the tremendously growing emphasis that
society has put on appearance.
It's
like a top priority, rule and requirement now to look perfect at all times. I
am NOT saying that you should not take pride in how you look, appreciate the beauty that God has blessed you with or
have fun with style.
I'm
not challenging anyone, trying to make anyone feel bad, or prove anyone wrong, but I am questioning a dangerous
concept: superficiality.
It
means on the surface, exterior, and a synonym I found was half-baked. Not really sure why half-baked is a synonym, but
you can analyze that later.
Society's
insane obsession with looking good has driven many women and girls to step
outside of the covering of modesty and begin to sell themselves short, allowing everyone to see everything or enduring
unhealthy and degrading hardships
all in an attempt to look good. Of course,
as young ladies we all obsess over
our beauty from time to time, and we love to look good, but where’s the limit?
What
is this? What's the point? Is it the
fear of not being considered good looking? Is it the need to keep up with everyone else
because they’re doing it? Do those
who choose to do it really think it is okay? Is it necessary, in this day in
age, to lose a little self-respect in order to gain a little societal-respect?
Those
are just a few questions that come to mind when I reflect on the platform on
which we place appearance. I refuse to
tear those down who do this. I just wonder
why. By the way, we build each other up here, not tear each other down.
There
are two different points I'm touching on here: society's demand that we must look extremely good at all times, and the new bare it and share it
online craze.
Now
that we've established that, I'll give my take on it. Obsessing over external
appearance and/or baring it and sharing it are not necessary to be beautiful or
to look edgy, or whatever the new slang word for looking good is.
Be
free today, and not bound by society’s superficial definitions of beauty. Like
one of my favorite rappers Lecrae says “If you live for their acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection.”
The most
beautiful people I know don't have to do any of that, yet they glow. Their beauty spills from their insides, blends
with their outsides and creates an overall,
completely and truly beautiful person. When it all comes down to it, beauty doesn't really have that much to do
with looks.
It's
more about what you put out, from your insides than what you decorate your
outsides with.
Beauty
is multidimensional.
Vigilantly,
Unashamed
Introvertish Girl
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