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Beauty

Sun Apr 13, 2008, 7:17 AM
I would like to tell to every person who actually reads this, that you never should be ashamed to be yourself. Please don't let discriminating comments get to you, because it's just a sign of ignorance and stupidity.

Beauty isn't defined by what society dictates. Beauty is more than just that! Being who you are is beautiful in itself. Changing it just for the sake of approval is the saddest act you can do.

Don't diet, gain weight or do any plastic surgery if it's only to look beautiful for people who don't even care about you. They won't like you more for it, they'll always find something to criticize.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, everybody has his/her own taste, and that taste shouldn't be changed because others don't approve of it. Why should it? As long as you don't harm anyone, you should think/act the way you want! But please don't push your taste on others!

I do not have that much self esteem either, but I would never change how I thought or looked just so I would be approved of someone. If I want to change the way I look, it will be for myself. I once made that error when I was 15, and I'll never do it again, because it didn't get me far, it just brought shame on me.

Oh and a last thing I want to talk about: The health issue. Your health is *your* business. Why do people interfere with it? As long as you don't risk others health, why should it be of your concern?

It's a mask that people like to wear, because they are afraid to tell their true feelings, certainly about someones weight. It's not like they care if it's unhealthy to be too fat or too skinny, they only care about the way you look and express it like they "care" about you.

They even criticize someone who is just 5 pounds overweight/underweight, telling that their unhealthy, while it's totally obviously not true!

And don't let me start about the stereotyping...

But ok, the main point I want to tell is: Don't try to push "your" opinion/taste on someone else. Got it? =)

(Sorry if the grammar or spelling is totally hilariously wrong, English isn't my main language. So excuse me, will you.)


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I have so many people to thank on DA, so instead off going through thousands of accounts, which would take hours and hours... and as the lazy girl I am, I would rather avoid doing that, so I'm going to put it here:

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Anybody who I fav'd, watched or did the same for me. It all means so much to me, believe it or not. I never had so much inspiration by looking at all that great art around here, every piece unique and creative like no other.

If I don't comment or reply, it's really not because I don't appreciate it, I just am a very socially phobic person, even through Internet >_< but I'm trying now, honestly... and it's a big step, believe me. (I'm a big wuss, I'm always afraid of peoples reactions and such.)

This rant aside: THANK YOU AGAIN!

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:iconlimegreensquid:
For someone who's first language isn't english, you type it better than most people who were brought up english-speaking!

But anyway, exactly, every point you've made is perfectly true about beauty! More people should be reading this and commenting, because you have it right on target!
My only correction would be that sometimes it is family who is doing the false-care mask, who are really more concerned about not being embarrassed by their "fat" sibling/daughter/cousin, etc...

I especially liked the part about impressing people who don't care about you. That is one of the most important things to stress here - is that beauty is you, not who you pretend to be, because that's temporary. You are permanently you at the core, and trying to change that makes you give off a false impression of yourself just because you're afraid people won't like the real you.
There are all sorts of people in this world - if someone doesn't like something, someone else will like that thing. It's all about surrounding yourself with the right type of people who relate to you and find you beautiful as you are - not about how big a plastic surgeon can make your boobs, or your nose small, or how orange you can tan your skin, or any of that superficial false garbage.
It's harder for kids in school, because they don't realize that there's life that gets better after school ends, and people's minds tend to open more to differences. All i can say to them, is stick with it - you'll find people who accept you for you as long as you stay being yourself!

But heh, sorry i had to add my own rant, because yours was so good it inspired me some more!

Be beautiful as yourself, and the rest will follow!

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:iconlonelycrow:
Hey, that wasn't rant at all! I agree with the family bit, my brothers are an example of this (the daily "you should really lose weight, you would look so much better and be happier" while they were saying that already when I was reasonable chubby).

But I had the image of my mom in my mind when I was typing in that bit and she's totally not that way. (she's a big woman herself and she really doesn't want me to get skinny, but I'm just at a weight which it isn't healthy anymore and she doesn't want to lose me=\)

I agree with everything you say obviously. Ah the world sometimes really feels screwed up, doesn't it? I would love it if everybody just respected each other and didn't just bully people in doing thing they don't want to. But I don't think that will happen in a very short time... oh well we have to stand our ground!

Anyway, thanks again for your comment, I appreciate everyones opinion and never consider them as "rant".

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I'm fat, oh noes.
:iconlimegreensquid:
Exactly, what you said about stop the bullying. This world would be so much greater if it wasn't forced into our faces by everywhere that "beauty is this, and this only - anything else is ugly and you should make fun of it!" It's horrible. But it's all too human, and hard to eliminate unfortunately. Just let those who do know the truth be the ones you impress.

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:iconmacabremoe:
that was so to-the-point...

WHY CAN'T WE FAVE JOURNALS, WHY...

oh man, i just love you. ^__^

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:iconyourfavouritemartyr:
Very well said, you have a lot of good points. Thank you for writing this.

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:iconredlionspride:
I saw this linked in LimeGreens journal and just wanted to say i read it, and agree veyr much! VERY much. I'm a really really big girl. It's taken me forever to realize that to try and diet to lose weight because i want to be thin and cus others say they are worried about my health and to be wanted or loved because of it is useless. But when i started to want to be more healthy for myself and not because others said it, but because *I* wanted to be healthy. Because i am tired of hurting because of extra weight and diabetis and all that... then i found dieting is rather simple. I do well on it! Yeah, once i figured that out it was a lot easier. I'm still big, fat, what ever one wants to call it, but i still like myself now. I didnt before. So that is something.

Arg, the point being, I looooooooved your journal here, and i give you a lot of respect and props for it! Brilliantly said! Thank you for writing it! It made my night, seriously!

THANK YOU!

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:iconzombieartz:
Found this through LimeGreen, like someone else. And gosh, I feel pretty. lol.
Seriously, I'm all for being comfortable with yourself for your self. I'm content with my weight, the only time I ever feel like loosing weight is not when someone calls me fat, but when I can't hike up a small hill without feeling like I'm gonna die.

Big is beautiful, small is too. ^-^ We all just need to learn to love all our differences.
"A person's a person no matter how small"
or big. ^-^
:iconpeach1973:
this is such a great journal entry.

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:iconpishwish:
Bravo Bravissimo!!!
To both the journal & the following comments, for all the Beautiful truths....

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