For the past two years, I’ve been developing my “inner life”, so to speak, and in the last half year, I’ve noticed something that’s quite astounding.

I’m better looking. These days, I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror, or my reflection in a window, and I think, “Wow. Is that really me??”

Is it just a shift in my self-perception? I don’t know. But one thing that I do know – I got to this “loving how I look” feeling by focusing on my inner being.

Even though this wasn’t what I had in mind when I started on my inner journey, my inner solution had lots of beneficial impact on my life!

Yep, we do (need to be thankful).

Cheers.

you know I always try and write what’s in your head!

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thanks for your thoughts and good luck with the forty pounds.

Cheers.

This was an awesome article, and I agree totally with you!! I am so tired of the perfect bodies, the perfect hair, and the perfect faces, I could literally scream!!! Thanks for writing exactly what’s been in my head for a long time!!

Society is unudated with nothing but gorgeousness / beauty:

- In everything from models (now they must be sickly thin – we give aid to countries with people who look like that)

- TV ads

- TV shows

- Movies

Everywhere we as society turn we are hit with how ‘great’ it is to be so beautiful, that it makes you popular, ect.

I have seen through this and really, I feel sorry for them. While some may be well adjusted, many have problems that they try and hide, things like drug addictions, drinking, ect. They can’t seem to stay in a stable relationship, they bounce around from man to man, or become violent – especially when they believe they should get whatever they want and don’t.

I guess it is the Hollywood mentality.

Myself, I will never have a type of surgery to change my appearance. It is who I am and really you need to be able to love yourself, before you can love another – meaning if you can’t like who and what you are, how can you expect others to?

I plan to try and lose about 40 lbs, not for what you described in your article, but to become more active in my life, be a bit more healthy, and have a bit more energy in my step – plus my doctor thinks I should. [chuckles]

All in all, this was a good read and enjoyed / agreed with what you had to say, but there will be no way of ‘curing’ this type of behaviour until we stop getting brainwashed with Ads, TV, Movies, Magazines, Models, ect that constantly flood us with the idea that you can have it all if you just look ‘this’ good.

thanks for your thoughts.

Cheers.

You’re too kind.

I appreciate it.

Cheers.