There are some strange patterns that exist in our society, basically in every aspect, but a lot of them are concerning beauty and what some consider to be fashion.
I work in retail, and as a retail store we have monthly subscriptions to most, if not all, beauty and fashion magazines available to the area. While on my lunch break I look through the magazines to see what is in fashion for the Oscars. I like to see what the world considers classic. Well sometimes there are some very beautiful things, and some things are down right hideous.
Sometimes there are things I see that I am pretty sure my great grandma wore, which isn't always bad. . . but lets face it sometimes it is bad. There are somethings that weren't meant to be worn once let alone twice. I have wondered in my head what makes things go in cycles why do we go back to what we have once left behind?
My thoughts have come to beauty, we are seeking after beauty and we want others to see us as being beautiful. When we look in the mirror we want to feel as beautiful as the woman in the magazines modeling designer clothes. We mimic what we see in magazines hoping we can feel the confidence that the woman in the magazines seem to radiate.
What I have realized is it will never be our clothes that make us feel beautiful or confident. It is our belief that who we are, as we are is enough. It is accepting ourselves and knowing that change is inevitable there will always be change in our future, and we shouldn't resist that. But there will come a day that if we want to be happy, and confident we need to be able to look in the mirror regardless of what we are wearing, or if we are wearing anything and believe that we are beautiful as we are. Because beauty does not come in patterns, packages, clothing or styles. It comes in us, in our smile, our eyes, our minds, our confidence and our power. We are beauty.
I work in retail, and as a retail store we have monthly subscriptions to most, if not all, beauty and fashion magazines available to the area. While on my lunch break I look through the magazines to see what is in fashion for the Oscars. I like to see what the world considers classic. Well sometimes there are some very beautiful things, and some things are down right hideous.
Sometimes there are things I see that I am pretty sure my great grandma wore, which isn't always bad. . . but lets face it sometimes it is bad. There are somethings that weren't meant to be worn once let alone twice. I have wondered in my head what makes things go in cycles why do we go back to what we have once left behind?
My thoughts have come to beauty, we are seeking after beauty and we want others to see us as being beautiful. When we look in the mirror we want to feel as beautiful as the woman in the magazines modeling designer clothes. We mimic what we see in magazines hoping we can feel the confidence that the woman in the magazines seem to radiate.
What I have realized is it will never be our clothes that make us feel beautiful or confident. It is our belief that who we are, as we are is enough. It is accepting ourselves and knowing that change is inevitable there will always be change in our future, and we shouldn't resist that. But there will come a day that if we want to be happy, and confident we need to be able to look in the mirror regardless of what we are wearing, or if we are wearing anything and believe that we are beautiful as we are. Because beauty does not come in patterns, packages, clothing or styles. It comes in us, in our smile, our eyes, our minds, our confidence and our power. We are beauty.
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