I keep coming back to this topic, as if it is not fully resolved in my head, but since it is there, then I shall write on it.
Love and Beauty.
It is like a thorn in every woman's side, whether she wishes it or not.That somehow the two are necessarily intertwined and that without one, you cannot have the other.
Those who are single, like myself, seem to self inflict this wound upon ourselves that we must not be beautiful because no one sees us and accepts us for who we are...and so we strive to be worthy of that love that we all hope to find, yet fear we never will.
We diet, workout, detox, (all the same blasted thing if you ask me....). whiten our teeth, lighten our imperfections, highlight our hair, pierce our ears, adorn our necks, paint our nails and powder our noses. We fret over every pound gained, and rejoice in every wrinkle camouflaged. We worry endlessly over things and thoughts in which we cannot control, and yet we try to anyway.
We live in a state of perpetual unrest and unease...and believe it or not, this is the easier road to walk.
Why? - Because this road....this, "I am alone because I am not pretty enough", makes perfectly sound sense to....everyone. But the idea that one is not pretty enough and therefore must not have any actual love, is a lot harder to comprehend and a lot harder to combat.
These are the personalities who end up as bulimics, and mentally unstable individuals. Even when surrounded by tons of loved ones, even when married, or engaged, they believe that the one professing to accept them just the way they are, IS in fact lying.
They choose to believe a lie. A lie that tells them that no person could possibly love them, because ________. A lie that is so strong that gorgeous women will work tirelessly in order to receive hundreds of elective plastic surgery procedures; because one just isn't enough. And because if you look hard enough you WILL always find a problem.
But what if the lie were true, and a lie all the same time?
What if Beauty is in fact intertwined with Love, necessarily, and that every woman does indeed possess both?
What if?
Love and Beauty.
Those who are single, like myself, seem to self inflict this wound upon ourselves that we must not be beautiful because no one sees us and accepts us for who we are...and so we strive to be worthy of that love that we all hope to find, yet fear we never will.
We diet, workout, detox, (all the same blasted thing if you ask me....). whiten our teeth, lighten our imperfections, highlight our hair, pierce our ears, adorn our necks, paint our nails and powder our noses. We fret over every pound gained, and rejoice in every wrinkle camouflaged. We worry endlessly over things and thoughts in which we cannot control, and yet we try to anyway.
We live in a state of perpetual unrest and unease...and believe it or not, this is the easier road to walk.
Why? - Because this road....this, "I am alone because I am not pretty enough", makes perfectly sound sense to....everyone. But the idea that one is not pretty enough and therefore must not have any actual love, is a lot harder to comprehend and a lot harder to combat.
These are the personalities who end up as bulimics, and mentally unstable individuals. Even when surrounded by tons of loved ones, even when married, or engaged, they believe that the one professing to accept them just the way they are, IS in fact lying.
They choose to believe a lie. A lie that tells them that no person could possibly love them, because ________. A lie that is so strong that gorgeous women will work tirelessly in order to receive hundreds of elective plastic surgery procedures; because one just isn't enough. And because if you look hard enough you WILL always find a problem.
But what if the lie were true, and a lie all the same time?
What if Beauty is in fact intertwined with Love, necessarily, and that every woman does indeed possess both?
What if?
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