Self Image

Our body is our temple.... we should take care of it.... the very notion of it sends shivers to my spine.... i've been kinda neglecting my body for quite sometime now..since the life altering incident a couple of years ago......i ate like nobody's business and ballooned up..... no excersise.... and other negative addictions *mainly nicotine*...but, i guess my posting this time is not about that sooo much.. but it does have its relevency...me thinks ;)

Nowadays, we've been bombarded with images of perfect body.... be it in the t.vs, films, and other media.....
Watching America's Next Top Model.... Fashion T.V... MTV.. Channel V.. or simply going to cinema's to watch movies is soooooo depressing.... Skinny looking and beautiful guys and gals are worshipped as god.... To have a good life...*read: career, relationships,*... means that one have to have perfect package..full stop. if not, then ur a loser...

Of course having all that made one's life easy.. in one way or another... easy to get jobs... to find a partner.. to get away with murder..... et cetera....but it doesnt mean that the life would be happy though....

But it's sad to see a person who's very dear to me got affected by it.... This is a person who is very intelligent... beautiful... have a great professional career *maybe the pay kinda suck, but the experience's priceless*....she got what it takes to be successful.. but she's reluctant to venture out of her comfort zone.....

everybody around her... be it her family and her friends can see her potential... but her low self esteem made her not realising that....believe me...all Tis.. after a deadly dose of Fashion T.V..... after watching skinny girls prancing around in their dental floss thongs... at a beach party...... then suddenly she realised that she would never be able to be like them.... bodywise lah that is.... Isnt it sooo shallow... But i totally dont blame her... its happening all around us.... tis is the reason psycological diseases such as aneroxia... bulimia...are rampant today among young and not so very young gals and guys.

i have to admit, i'm also affected by it in one way or another.... of course i want to be good looking.. have a body to die for... and party all the time.....but this is the real life honey.... just get over with it and move on... made the best use of what u've got......

So... in the end, i deduce that attitude is the keyword... having positive attitude towards life is what it takes to be successful... no matter what we've got, we can always find our utmost best feature be it physically or mentally... and make full use of that for our own good.....

have to go now... Fashion T.V is about to start ;p..................adios muchachos