I think most people have at least a few things they think would make their life better and happier if they had them, be it a different hair color, a better body, a more expensive care, whatever. So why is it when we get the things we wanted so bad we're still not happy?
Nobody is ever happy with what they have, the people with curly hair want straight hair, the people with straight hair want curly hair, the people with brown hair want blonde hair and the people with red hair want brown hair. Girls in the U.S. go tanning to get darker skin, and girls in places like India want their skin to be paler.
One thing I've personally struggled with is body image, ever since I was about 12 or 13 I've always thought I was fat and that I needed to lose weight and look better. But once I do lose the weight, I find that I'm still not happy, I still don't love myself. And when I eventually gain the weight back, I put myself through torture getting back into shape, thinking for some reason that it'll be different this time. This time I'll look even better and then I'll finally love myself and be happy.
Why can't we just love ourselves the way we are? It just makes me sad that there are so many people in this world who are unhappy with who they are, everyone wants to look just like what the media has told us is beautiful.
And what about those people who seem so far from perfect but they are so confident in themselves, they so clearly love themselves that you completely over look those flaws. Those are the people whose examples we need to follow. Forget the fashion magazines with the unrealistically thin models. Be who you are.
That's what I'm going to start working on.
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