There was a time when I used to hate social media (the truth
is I still do honestly) because of how fake people are on it. It was as if people
are acting in life, presenting how they wish their lives would be and not how it is. I saw a story of a girl in Kenya who is dark-skinned, but
she was using filters and all the posts that she shared were of her as a light skin girl. Ah! Social media.
Lately, I have been thinking if the world, loves to appreciate people who are natural. Or let me
ask myself this question, do I love me the way I am? Or because of all the
standards that Kim Kardashian has set, I have started to feel some kind of way.
And now because of all these standards that even men have come to love and
accept as the standard I feel inadequate, unlovable like I need to change
first to be loved.
I am gonna be honest, sometimes, sometimes I feel like I am
not enough as I am as a woman, compared to all that the world supports and advertises
for all of us to be. And I understand that this pressure or feeling is not only
felt by women but by men as well.
I have nothing against filters, but damn we overuse them. Let's
stop and ask ourselves why?
And now filters are not enough we even have plastic surgery,
a business that is blooming. I am not saying social media is a cause but why do
we feel the need to change ourselves to meet a standard, that is always
changing. Trust me a few years ago, a big butt wasn't acceptable, today it is,
who knows what tomorrow holds?
Wait, who gets to make up these standards? And why his/her
standards about beauty should become how I define myself??
Oh man, I am done. I am done being defined or more like let them
make me feel bad for what they have decided beauty is, like Zozibini Tunzi, am
just wear my crown the way I am. I am gonna unlearn what they have taught me
and learn how to love myself the way I am. Because honestly I am wonderfully
and fearfully made, and when God made me, He thought I am enough this way. So I
should go and love myself.
Eunice💜
Eunice loves writing and eating. She writes at her blog
(abiblegirl.com) where she shares life simplifying tips to 20 somethings and
her opinions about different issues going on in the world. Catch her
encouraging the world daily on Instagram: Instagram.com/abiblegirl_
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