As I've gotten older, I've noticed it more.
At times, it can consume me, just as I'm sure it consumes all of us at some point.
I can't hide from it; it is everywhere.
The constant stress on our outer appearances and pressure to look or act a certain way seems ingrained into our lives and the society we live in. As a girl, I have felt the pressure to dress and act a certain way. I have seen the way it can influence a person to completely change a lifestyle. So many people, both male and female, feel that the only way to be beautiful is based on the number of 'likes' they can get on an Instagram post; fall below a certain threshold of likes and self worth plummets.
When we base our beauty off of something as vain as virtual clicks on a picture, we're bound to end up feeling empty-handed.
You see, the beauty you feel should not be based solely on your outer appearance. Beauty is much more than that.
“Beauty is transcendent. It is our most immediate experience of the eternal. Think of what it's like to behold a gorgeous sunset or the ocean at dawn. Remember the ending of a great story. We yearn to linger, to experience it all our days. Sometimes the beauty is so deep it pierces us with longing. For what? For life as it was meant to be. Beauty reminds us of an Eden we have never known, but somehow our hearts were created for.”
A pretty face is nothing without a pretty heart.
What's on the inside is what counts.
Inward beauty reflects to others, thus enhancing natural outer beauty.
Do not let your beauty be defined by what you see in the mirror every morning. A pretty heart is so much more attractive than a pretty face.
