Beauty?????

We are exposed to images of physical perfection through different sort of medias: Internet, magazines and other pop cultures. Those "perfect images" set a standard, potentially crushing our confidence and self esteem. Women and girls are gasping at the airbrushed photos. But isn't it ironic that standard of beauty is always changing? Hundreds of years ago, fair complexion and a fuller body were a symbol of beauty. Then came a time for a skinny, anorexic looking" model look" that changed the chapter of the beauty. Now we are emerging to a time where women are injecting their lips with collagen for fuller lips, and spray tanning themselves for the darker look.

Confucius once said “everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it" which is a fact indeed.

Regardless of how the world perceives you, if you do the right thing and you feel better about yourself, that will make you beautiful. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. And 2012 is such a year with fashion explosions. Fashion has been stretching its way beyond narrow norms of petite wear and the speculation of beauty. Accepting the way you are and celebrating life is the new beauty.
Those imperfections and flaws make us real. It isn't always about our skin, hair or nails but it is the inner beauty that sparkles. The positive attitude towards your body makes you beautiful. A healthy body image is being comfortable in your own skin and feeling good about the way you look. We should thrive for healthiness not a size zero image. You don't have to listen to what other people say about your look. You have the right to be happy the way you are and represent culturally. Here, I am not agreeing on obesity, I am talking about the spectrum of healthy body images. Can't one be happy whether she's 170 lb or a 150 lb, darker/fairer, 5'1'' or a 5'11''?

Thomas Campion, an English poet has drawn an attention to the concept of the beauty through this poem which I immensely admire:

“Beauty is but a painted hell;

shee wounds them that admire it,

shee kils them that desire it.

Give her pride but fuell,

no fire is more cruell.”

Is it that the culture is experiencing the crisis of the phenomenon of the beauty? Or is it that we aren't asking ourselves the right questions and preoccupied with the perception of beauty? Ask yourself the right question, and you will figure out the answer:

Yes, you are Beautiful.