I used to look around as a young teen and look at all the beautiful girls I saw around me and wonder how they always looked so beautiful all the time. I felt completely plain and quite un-beautiful to be honest.
Even today I look around and I see all these beautiful people and I find myself inadequate and imperfect next to their endless beauty. There are days I look in the mirror and am happy with what I see, other days I wonder how on earth other people do it.
For a while in high school, I worked hard at looking good every day, and I succeeded for the most part. Now it is so difficult to just put on makeup everyday, I don't know why. Maybe it's a mom thing, just too many other more important things to be doing, I guess.
Thinking about all of this made me take a look at how society places such a high standard on beauty. Or perhaps standard isn't the right word for it. Maybe we strive to look beautiful so people will believe we have it all together, or so that others will look at us and give their silent and unconscious approval.
I don't understand how girls (and even a lot of guys) can spend upwards of an hour or two hours making themselves look good everyday. I mean, that just sounds like a waste of time to me. I'd rather be around my family or friends for that time than spend it by myself agonizing over my appearance in the bathroom in front of the mirror. I think that if a lot of people wore less makeup, they would look better anyway. Let's let go of the idea that we need to impress each other, and accept each other for who we are and how God made us look while we were barely even the size of a pea in our Momma's bellies. We are all beautiful, maybe not all beauty queens (or kings), but beauty is not merely defined by outer appearance, my friends.
Even today I look around and I see all these beautiful people and I find myself inadequate and imperfect next to their endless beauty. There are days I look in the mirror and am happy with what I see, other days I wonder how on earth other people do it.
For a while in high school, I worked hard at looking good every day, and I succeeded for the most part. Now it is so difficult to just put on makeup everyday, I don't know why. Maybe it's a mom thing, just too many other more important things to be doing, I guess.
Thinking about all of this made me take a look at how society places such a high standard on beauty. Or perhaps standard isn't the right word for it. Maybe we strive to look beautiful so people will believe we have it all together, or so that others will look at us and give their silent and unconscious approval.
I don't understand how girls (and even a lot of guys) can spend upwards of an hour or two hours making themselves look good everyday. I mean, that just sounds like a waste of time to me. I'd rather be around my family or friends for that time than spend it by myself agonizing over my appearance in the bathroom in front of the mirror. I think that if a lot of people wore less makeup, they would look better anyway. Let's let go of the idea that we need to impress each other, and accept each other for who we are and how God made us look while we were barely even the size of a pea in our Momma's bellies. We are all beautiful, maybe not all beauty queens (or kings), but beauty is not merely defined by outer appearance, my friends.
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