Skin Deep
May 29th 2007 08:39
Beauty has sadly been defined as the latest Hollywood star, sex appeal and fashion trend. Spiced up with reality shows like Extreme Makeovers and the Next Super Model. It is cultivated in our minds that beauty means a perfect figure, a tight ass and flawlessness.
Having watched Shallow Hal on telly last night, I was moved by the simplicity and forthrightness of the underlying lesson that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True that outer beauty only lasts as long as youth and anti-ageing cosmetics are in favour of us. But inner beauty shines through the foundation, mascara and six pack abs anytime and day.
The truth of life however settles with first impressions, be it in a potential date, a job interview or even people to be seen with. As harsh as life maybe with the constant struggle for youthful and radiant skin, slender bodies and bigger boobs, we've got to change our resolutions and forget the things that we've been told.
Make your own revolution and appreciate the sincerity of friendship, the honesty in love and the indiscrimination of humanity. Surely the outer person still plays a part in attraction and feelings. But I guess that's what smiles and eye contacts are for. Not the 34-B cups or 24 inch waists.
Online sites like MySpace redefines the meaning of connecting with people without that first impression judgment to befall a person. But yet, there are MySpacers who approves or denies a friend request solely on profile pictures and statistics. Are these psyching radiations just another sign that we've been sold?
Having watched Shallow Hal on telly last night, I was moved by the simplicity and forthrightness of the underlying lesson that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True that outer beauty only lasts as long as youth and anti-ageing cosmetics are in favour of us. But inner beauty shines through the foundation, mascara and six pack abs anytime and day.
The truth of life however settles with first impressions, be it in a potential date, a job interview or even people to be seen with. As harsh as life maybe with the constant struggle for youthful and radiant skin, slender bodies and bigger boobs, we've got to change our resolutions and forget the things that we've been told.
Make your own revolution and appreciate the sincerity of friendship, the honesty in love and the indiscrimination of humanity. Surely the outer person still plays a part in attraction and feelings. But I guess that's what smiles and eye contacts are for. Not the 34-B cups or 24 inch waists.
Online sites like MySpace redefines the meaning of connecting with people without that first impression judgment to befall a person. But yet, there are MySpacers who approves or denies a friend request solely on profile pictures and statistics. Are these psyching radiations just another sign that we've been sold?
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