Women and girls
need to realize that they are good enough just the way they are with their own
uniqueness and beauty. Here are some points supporting this truth.
Girls today have a lot of pressure from society to look, act, think and
behave a certain way. Trying to measure up to photoshopped and airbrushed
images will only leave girls, and women, feeling inadequate. A video circulating on
social media sites features Colbie Caillat and several other women sharing the
message that we don't need to please everyone else. We just need to like
ourselves. We shouldn't try so hard to match up with the world's ideals.
Rather, we should embrace our unique beauty. We are good enough.
Make-up, hair extensions, plastic surgery and other
ways to alter our appearance are not who we are inside. While trying to
live up to unrealistic expectations, girls and women are willing to go to great
lengths to make themselves look "perfect." This is an unhealthy
obsession. We need to teach ourselves and our daughters that we are beautiful
just the way we are. Our beauty comes from within. Being beautiful inside —
caring, generous, full of love and integrity — is what makes us who we are. We
are enough just the way we are. Who we are is beautiful.
Live a healthy lifestyle. Exercise, the way
we eat and how we take care of our bodies affect how we think, our mood and our
health. It's OK to have desserts in moderation and to chill on the couch
sometimes. Enjoy life, but also make sure you eat foods that give your body the
nutrition it needs. Each person has a different body type and different needs.
Exercises are adaptable for all body types. Exercise can elevate moods and help
you feel good. Proper hygiene and sleep are also important.
Taking care of your
body helps it function the way it needs to. Don't compare your body to another.
If you're healthy and feel good, you're respecting yourself and your body. Some
girls and women think that you have to dress a certain way to be accepted by
others or to be attractive to males. Instead, seek to dress how you're
comfortable.
Make sure you show respect for yourself in your dress. Wearing
clothes that are too revealing, too tight, don't fit properly or that make you
feel uncomfortable or like you're compromising your standards are examples of
dressing for others instead of yourself. Find clothing that makes you feel
good, confident, comfortable and enhances your natural beauty.
Always embrace your unique identity and
attributes. People come in all shapes, sizes, abilities and physical appearances.
Height, weight, hair length and colour, complexion, athletic ability, talents,
strengths, weaknesses and likes and dislikes make up who we are. We are meant
to be unique and different from each other. That is what makes us beautiful as
individuals. We should embrace these unique qualities in ourselves and in
others. Learn to recognize your own skills and unique beauty. Avoid putting
yourself, or others, down and remember the beauty of each individual and what
they, and you, have to offer the world.
It's easy to become discouraged by seeing the looks or achievements of
others and thinking you don't measure up. Each person has strengths and
weaknesses, but we often tend to compare our weaknesses to another's strengths
instead of recognizing our unique abilities or looks. Strive to look for the
good regardless of what the world may try to tell you about your appearance or
talents. Don't try to please the world. You are good enough. You are beautiful.
You are unique. You are YOU. And YOU are THE BEST! Happy Women’s day!