Get lost!

How does our culture perpetuate lies about our self-worth?

In todays society, it's easy to get lost in a crowd, I mean, take a look around you, every where we look, people are wearing the latest styles, haircuts, even the way we talk is part of our "what's in today" look. Can you imagine wearing a layered curly perm, with bell bottoms, or tube tops? No way! and why not? Because commercials, magazines, pop culture dictates what's popular, if you look a certain way, society accepts you! Plain as that! But why do we accept it? It's all a lie, and you know it, but we fall into the trap over and over again.

It's disturbing if you really think about it, I must go through my closet every few months, what's in? does this make me look fat? Oh, this was so yesterday!

 

Bags and bags of unwanted goods are sold during yard sales, consignments stores, thrift stores, or end up in our mountains of garbage, but why? Because it was "so yesterday" the colour is wrong? the leg is too straight, to wide, maxi dresses, no wait, mini dresses, no wait, no mini dresses after 40, 30 is the new 40, buy more, bag more, and who dictates all this? Culture! Society has standards, and if you want to fit in, you'd better have the right hair cut, the right shape, size, and my goodness, you better have the right clothes! are you kidding me?
No wonder we live in such a confused, abused, and commercial society that dictates what we thing is right.
Stop right now, be you, you are beautiful, don't get caught up in all the voices that tell us what we should and shouldn't be wearing, what we should look like! How dare they! Learn to love yourself, at 100 lbs, or 400 lbs, if you look in the mirror, tell yourself, that no one has the right to tell you how to look, if you're happy, if you're healthy, the question is though, why do we listen?

We've become slaves, we've become afraid, but it's all lies, you know that right?

Afraid that we won't be liked, afraid that we'll be looked at, talked about.
Malls are getting bigger, and so is debt! Where does this all end? Seriously, why can't we just accept each other the way we are, be kind, and stop pointing fingers. literally!

Learn to love yourself, you're amazing! and you have so much to offer this world, don't listen to propaganda, it's all about the mighty dollar after all.