Hello everybody,
Today I thought I would talk about something that I feel very strongly about, and provide my opinion, acting as a slight venting of emotions for me and perhaps for you, because isn't that what this little space on the internet of mine is for? The following topic I am about to talk about completely is formed from my own experience and thoughts and I am not in any way shape or form trying to say that I know best, as I pretty much experience or have experienced these at some point. By talking openly about more sensitive topics I feel that it may help to open people's mind a little more to accepting a world that is so far from their own reality and perhaps if it was spoken about more often, there wouldn't be such mystery behind it all.
Firstly, I would like to address a thought that I am almost 100% has gone through the minds of every single on of you who reads this, and that is "why am I not perfect?" or a variation thereof. This constant desire to be perfect that has emerged and almost taken over our entire society is still expanding at this very second; I do not want this to grow any more as I feel that is irreversibly damaging the people that we see every single day and you can almost guarantee that everyone you have ever spoken to has had very negative thoughts about themselves that at some point has made them feel so bad about themselves.. So sad, low and upset. Not a pleasant thought is it? Similar to a parasite, this self critism almost eats us alive from the inside out and it all starts with our minds. We are losing control of what our brain is allowing us to think and feel and this is where it becomes dangerous as lives are at risk of ruin and termination and we need to realise that THIS IS NOT OKAY! Whether you think you are too fat, thin, pale, tanned, bony, scrawny, ugly, tired looking, wrinkled, spotty, greasy, every single person has at least one thing that when they see themselves in a mirror they see it, whether they dwell on it a lot or a little, this 'flaw' is often scrutinised to such an extreme that we no longer recognise that person staring back at us. Notice how all of these imperfections are skin deep? One of the facts I find most upsetting is that somebody very close to me could concentrate on an imperfection of theirs, something that really bothers them and yet I have never even noticed this, and if I have, it is not something I have ever thought twice about or it is this feature which contributes to making this person beautiful in my eyes. I do not want my family, my friends, you reading this now or anybody to have to scrutinise their bodies, faces or personalities to a point where they have completely lost control of the brain that is thinking these things. No one single person on this Earth is a perfect human being because perfection DOES NOT EXIST and only the things we perceive to be perfect are in fact just fragments of a bigger picture which are far more desirable as they do infact exist. We should not be idolising perfection, we should be idolising reality and embracing all of the things in life that come with being real, instead of spending pointless amounts of time longing to achieve the impossible, because this is insanity. No matter how much we try to mask it, these imperfections do affect us and that is ok! They bother us only because nobody talks about it, because we think we are the only people with these such issues and because we think when somebody meets us, instantly is drawn to this flaw. If people spoke up more about it then it wouldn't be morphing into this invisible monster that is swallowing the confidence of every single person worldwide... It's an issue that must be addressed. A similar thing has developed with the stigma around the mental illnesses that such things as this can cause; I have seen far too many people that I care about be nearly defeated by this monster we have created. I don't want young girls and boys to grow up in a world where that is normal, it is not normal at all! A campaign I found really highlights these thoughts is shown below and I really do believe if more people understood this kind if things we would truly be much happier in life:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb5PZHcovA
This is the only body you are ever going to have... Embrace it, understand it, don't try to change it!
All I ask of you is that you go and look in the mirror right now and name three things that you love about yourself and then see your flaws in he knowledge that they make you unique, beautiful and they make you yourself!
Beauty Scene x
"Have no fear of perfection because you will never reach it."
Salvador Dali
