"Comparison is the thief of joy". Who said that clearly couldn't see it coming. He could never imagine that one day people all around the world would spend hours of their time, phone in hand, scrolling through their Instagram feed: one amazing photo after another; perfect bodies; perfect faces; perfect houses; amazing memories of someone else's life. This is what Instagram and the other socials daily offer us. With an extra opportunity to feel incredibly, amazingly, ridiculously unhappy.
"Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts. Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst. We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see. It's the soul that needs the surgery"
(Beyonce - Pretty Hurts)
Those who know us well know we aren't anti social medias. We use them and enjoy posting photos on our personal accounts. We also like scrolling through the feed and seeing all those inspiring photos in the profiles of people we really admire: muas, yogis, actresses and singers, gym lovers, even models. But inspirational photos are really inspiring only when they come with inspiring messages.
And what's the message behind those "perfect-edited-bodies" we see every day, photos that feed the stereotypes of unrealistic beauty standards? How do we feel when comparing ourselves to those photoshopped bodies? Our mind keeps telling us "You don't look nothing like this, your body will never be this attractive."
And what's the point of spending hours of our time looking at someone else's perfect lifestyle, outfit or hairstyle feeling incredibly envious? Why can't we see those photos are just telling partial truths?
The truth is life looks way better on the internet than it does in real life. That kind of perfection doesn't exist in the real world. And what is perfection by the way? Who said flaws are something we need to feel ashamed of? Who said that we should feel insecure, envious or less beautiful just because every day, every minute of our life we are bombarded with perfect flawless images of people who probably have spent hours of their valuable life photoshopping themselves to "perfection"? Why can't we see we are so much more than our appearance?
That we are all beautiful, we all have different features, and that we shouldn't ever feel jealous, because what we see online is not real.
We should learn to value our life and to feel grateful for everything we have, instead of feeling unhappy complaining about what we don't. And remember that our appearance is not everything we have. We have a soul and a heart, too, that deserve to be heard and to be taken care of.
"It's the soul that needs the surgery".
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Steven Salazar (Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:50)
What y'all wrote is true bout alot of people all they care about is their appearance and what others think about them when they leave their houses. My wife you'd to be like that but I always told her it never matters what others thinks as long as you love yourself , you will always be good. And as for me I am exactly the way God made me and that is all I need, not a mirror or someone to tell me about perfection. I love what y'all wrote keep it up.���
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