Written by: Shritika Pokhrel - 21123, Grade XII
Posted on: 21 September, 2020
Do you love the way you are? I mean, when you just look at yourself in the mirror, do you ever think that you’re the perfect one with no flaws and imperfection? Or do you just feel disgusted about what you see and start criticizing your own body parts? Well, even the world’s most beautiful person never stops criticizing their body parts. Many people can say that it's natural but I don’t think so. It’s simply like you’re not able to accept yourself and if you have a problem accepting yourself then believe me you can never earn your self-esteem.
We live in a world that is crazed by physical attraction and to boost this even more, we have media which has become one of the most important sources of discovering ourselves in front of the whole world. It has been very important for people to look perfect every time. There are many influencers, public figures that we admire look very perfect with no flaws. And to match their level, we buy different cosmetics items spending billions of dollars. We start carving a different image of ourselves rather than being who we are. It’s true that applying beauty products makes you perfect from your physical appearance but does it build your character and define who you are? The real truth is that we shouldn’t live our life according to others' perceptions. There is nothing wrong with us. We are perfect in the way we are. Who we are is more important than what others want us to be. And as soon as we understand this, we will realize that there is nothing wrong with us.
By accepting ourselves, we overcome the issue regarding self-esteem and when we start loving ourselves the way we are every person starts loving us. As said by Lucille Ball “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” By dealing with every obstacle confidently, we’ll be able to attain our goal through inner energy, and this time the world also accepts us the way we are and gives an opportunity for our success. We should not forget the fact that inner beauty defines our true happiness. A smile is more than enough for us to be beautiful, very beautiful.
So, just try to find your inner happiness rather than craving for your physical appearance with certain beauty products. Learn to love yourself the way you are and you’ll see everything beautiful in the world.
