The Self

    

              In society people are often told that they simply don’t cut it. Either their attire is horrid, their body type is unacceptable, or for whatever reason one can think of people can be unfit for ‘decent’ society. Media often does not help the idea on what exactly human perfection is, causing many people to have low self-esteem and have little to no confidence in their appearance.This can lead to destructive behaviors and disorders which is overall unhealthy- to both body and soul.

           This should not be so. I often wonder why we let media and other people tell us how we should look. People come in all shapes and sizes. People have different tastes in hairstyles and attire. How is right and who is wrong? All are right and no one is wrong. People should have the ability to decide for themselves what is liked and who they are.

           Oftentimes it is difficult to be yourself in a world so unforgiving. It is easier to conform that to be happy with who you are, who you were meant to be. What is lost in taking that path is the person you could have been, the potential only you had. To be yourself takes great courage, but it is a courage needed, valued, and looked up to by others fighting for the strength to be who they are.

          The media should not decide your image for you.  Your weight, your height, your face, your voice, your body type, your hair, your everything- it is all you. Not them. Never be afraid to express yourself, no matter the opposition. It is better to be who you are, than to go through your life trying to be what others expect. No matter how hard you try to please everyone- everyone will always come up lacking and someone will find something to fault you for- no matter what you do. So please yourself, be happy with yourself. If you can’t be proud of who you are, if you don’t know who you are- then how accurately can other people know these things?

           Be yourself. It’s the best thing you can do for your soul. Don’t know who you are?  There is no time like right now to find out. 

Accept Yourself, because you are beautiful just being you!