What's the real essence of Beauty?

It's 7:00AM. 

You wake up. 

You quickly rush to the mirror.

What you see in this silver exact object, upsets you. 

Your face, your eyes, your ears, your nose. 

Your arms, your waist, your thighs, your ankles. 

All you can do is stare....

Stare at this living human being

With a beating heart,

But that doesn't satisfy you. 

You are still upset with your reflection, 

Upset at yourself

Upset at how you look like. 

People continuously comment on your features:

They continuously comment on how you're too:

Skinny,fat,ugly,normal,bland,boring.

All these comments can have an effect on people, everyday society is judging you based on your looks and not on your personality. I guess the saying goes: "What you see is what you get.", but is it really? Surely after a period of time these "looks" fade away and the only thing you are left with is the soul and personality of the person. So why is it worth to judge a person on their looks when it is not going to be there forever? Why must a person constantly have to look in the mirror every single day to wonder whether society will accept us or not. I'm not trying to make people feel guilty, but all I'm simply trying to do is to make people aware of what they say and the impact their words can have. After all it is words that have a stronger and much more detrimental effect on ones psychological and social well being. All I'm stating in this article is to accept people for who they are. No matter where they are from, no matter how they look like, no matter what size they are, I still believe that everyone is beautiful. And it just takes one to see the essence of that real beauty. Being beautiful is not wearing heavy makeup or wearing expensive designer clothes, or having boobs hanging out of your shirt, or your ass hanging out of shorts. Beauty does not require any of these possessions. It just requires an awareness of self and the confidence of knowing that you are beautiful. 

Just remember, EVERYTIME you see yourself in the mirror, don't be upset. Simply smile at yourself and be proud of who you are. 

After all you are going to be stuck with the body you have, might as well treat it with love. 

Love

Candice.C