I'm not an expert on the subject, but what little I know is that society — who knows since when — creates different aesthetic standards to oppress the different and sell their products that serve as “forms”. The purpose of patterns was never to create something more beautiful, but to make everyone feel insufficient and from suffering generate some kind of profit.
We are in the XNUMXst century and a lot has changed. Every day we see more women and men of all shapes, colors, styles, etc., empowering themselves and showing what they came for in the best style of “This Is Me”, a song from the movie The Greatest Showman.
But still, we have a large part of society – mostly women – that still feel bad when looking in the mirror. Why does it happen?
Can we say it's the fault of social networks that show perfect photos of perfect bodies? Yes we can! External influence is powerful when it comes to making us feel this or that. But it's not just limited to that, because people who feel good about themselves have the same outside influences. So what's the secret? The principle of all transformation is internal.
Surely you've heard several times that "we have to be the difference we want to see in the world", "before we want to change the other we need to change ourselves", among other cliché phrases similar to this one, and bordering on my twenty-four years I can conclude that this is true; what differentiates how a person feels when looking at a photo of a supermodel in a bikini is how strengthened her insides are.
When someone has well-developed self-esteem, they will look at a person considered “perfect” by society, but they will not lower themselves, because they understand that beauty is not just one and that that person is beautiful, but that she is beautiful too. .
After all, each country, each continent, each part of this world has a different standard of beauty, so striving to fit in just one can be a tremendous waste of energy.
There are a myriad of ways you can improve your self-esteem and strengthen yourself. But I'm not going to talk about it because I'm not an expert and I look for these shapes myself. Therapy, meditation, self-love books, among other tools are accessible in different ways.
I'm just here to say that beauty is in the perception of the one looking. Whoever looks with love at everything around him will see beauty in everything. Whoever can look with love in the mirror will see beauty in himself.
When looking in the mirror, don't look for the girl full of filters whose photo you liked on Instagram. Look for the person who has gone through all the adversities that life has thrown their way. Look at how big this person is, how strong, he did things that left many open-mouthed. See how you have unique and essential qualities, and your beauty will blossom like a beautiful flower.
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I want you to leave this text with the desire to learn all about yourself and to explore all the ways to increase your self-esteem, because patterns will always exist and will change from time to time. You don't have to adapt to each of them, but fit in with yourself, that's all.
