::Pressure::

I'm not skinny enough
I'm not tan enough
My hair isn't nice like hers
My nose is too big
I'm not tall enough
My eyes are too small
My teeth are not white enough
I need to have this brand of clothing to fit in
I need to look like this, to get people to notice me
.....why don't i look like her?
.....why do people care?
.....what's the point?

These are many types of thing's you hear from the female population these days. Girls in their teen aged years and even younger are pressured to look a certain way. But why? Why do we all need and want to look the same? If we were supposed to all look the same, God would of made us that way, but he didn't. He made us all look different for a reason. In his eyes, your PERFECT! Why would you want to change that?

I was on facebook today and before I came on here I was thinking about writing a blog post about this topic...but wasn't really sure of how was going to say it or explain the point I was trying to get across. Then I was reading the notes section and one of my good friends wrote a full note on this topic and he explained it perfectly! Everything I wanted to say, but couldn't. So here it is...why does the media put so much pressure on younger girl's these days? And is it just girl's, or do guy's feel pressured too? Sure all guys want to have that "6-pack" but is that it, or is there more behind the industry of being PERFECT these days....

" I have noticed through everyday life that there is so much pressure on girls to look a certain way through clothes, how their body looks and makeup. Girls are taught from early childhood that their worth is proportional to their attractiveness. We feel compelled to pursue abstract notions of beauty, half realizing that such a pursuit is futile. Companies use many different tactics to add pressure to girls. They use commercials, billboard advertisements, magazines..to create this image on how all girls should look. This image is saying that all girls should look skinny, have a big chest, a nice butt, and wear a lot of makeup. Basically, the ideal girl should look like a supermodel if they want to be accepted by society today. If girls choose not to blend in with societies' demands, they are looked upon as worthless, unattractive, and even unfit beings to be around. And it's not just girls either, but guys get the same pressure in different ways. Guys are supposed to have big muscles everywhere, have the '6-pack', and have as much sex as they want. We all want to fit in with every trend and every person. No matter what they do, some people just can't fit in, sadly. Those people who aren't accepted feel like they're worthless, that no one cares about them and they have no one to turn to help them. This is where suicide starts happening. That person gets to the point where "Life is too hard"; "No one understands me"; "No one wants to understand me"; and even get to the point of thinking,"What is the point of my life?"Society's mindset of how people should look, should change. True beauty comes from the inside of who we truly are and made to be by God, Himself, not the outside appearance. Imagine all the lives we could save and can save if only we take the time to say 'You're beautiful just the way you are", or "I love you", or "You matter to me."After writing this out, i thought of the song 'More Beautiful You' by Jonny Diaz. "There could never be a more beautiful you. Don't buy the lies, disguises, and hoops they make you jump through. You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do. So there could NEVER be a more beautiful you!"
It's not too late to change. It's not too late to save a life. It's time too stand up and say enough of this.
I am because I'm sick of seeing all the broken, hurting, and lost lives in this world. It pains me to see people taking their own lives because people don't take the time to be there for that person.
No more conforming to this world. It's time to be the difference, to be history makers...to be LOVE."

I love how he explains that it doesn't matter what you look like, no one on TV or in the movies, just wakes up every morning and looks that good. It takes hours in hair and make up, they don't dress themselves and well we have all heard of this little tool called air brushing. Not too mention thousands and thousands of dollars and countless hours under the knife, why would you sacrifice doing that too your body. Or even go to the extremes and end up in a treatment center for an eating disorder? Love you for who you are, your friends love you for you and not the way you look but for your personality, honestly if you don't have a beautiful personality and just hate everything in life, that's what make the "outer" you not attractive. You have to start loving the way you look, before anyone else can. So the next time you look at yourself in the mirror, tell your self all the positive points about yourself and what you love about yourself, cuz you are PERFECT in your own very way! I love you and God does too, don't change for anyone!