What We Need to Be Doing

The media does not tell us the right things to do, like to look for things that we like about our appearance instead of things we want to change. The markets certainly never urge us to look for the beauty inside because the cosmetics industry's financial success depends on us concentrating and hating on the outside. Instead of telling us to pay attention to our health and our emotions, we are told to focus on our wrinkles, our tummys, our hair. We are told to hate the way we age, the way we look, the way others see us; we are told to spend money and hours everyday trying to change our appearance… all so others can like a fake us?

Is anyone else tired of this message being thrown at us everywhere we look? Isn’t the media supposed to be serving us… not the other way around? Beauty has nothing to do with height and weight or expensive clothing and make up. It’s our job to get the ball rolling in the other direction, to make sure the next generation of little girls aren’t taught to hate their bodies.

Let’s teach the world to be happy with their healthy, beautiful individuality. Instead of spending billions on surgeries and makeup to change the way we look, billions on diets and workouts to lose the weight we don’t need to lose, let’s work towards a positive goal. Let’s take that money and spend it on programs to reverse the negative effects the past decades have had on our body image. Let’s show the kids that beauty is everywhere, in every shape and size and color. Let’s teach the world to love each other again.