InsaneJournal

Recent events have brought about other peoples opinion of what is good looking and what is not, and to everyone that was hurt over this, I'm personality sorry despite the fact I had nothing to do with had was wrote. Many people seem to be so wrapped up in the idea of what is in fashion or what other people look like, and I honestly don't understand it. There are so many more important things to worry about then whether someone is wearing the most fashion forward attire or how they look!

People have sought perfection – perfection in their facial features, in their attitudes, and in their body language for longer then any of us can remember. It is an unattainable flawlessness that they seek, and such perfection in one person has yet to be seen or obtained. Why do we seek an impossible goal? Why does, in most instances, perfection and beauty tie together, and why are so many people spending so much time to be this misconceived idea of ‘beauty’?

We’re taught from an early age of what beauty is and what it isn’t from the people around us and magazines; all these forms of knowledge are saying we should look a certain way, dress a certain way, and behave a certain way. If we can achieve that (which we can’t, because even those we define as beautiful have seen days were they were forced to use one beauty charm or another to make themselves, the flawed person, appear more “perfect” then they already do) then we’d all be the same. Can you imagine a world where everyone has one face – it would be like looking in a mirror every time you turn to greet someone. The human race continually seeks perfection in themselves because ‘society’ deems anything imperfect (which would be society itself) unworthy of attention, of love, of understanding. I do not mean that we’re all outcasts of society – our imperfections have been accepted as faults in are character, but that doesn’t stop society from trying to lure us to their side of “perfect” with constant reminding that we’re, indeed, not perfect at all.

Why do people always seem to put perfection and beauty together? For as long as I can remember, if something is beautiful there will be someone there to call it “perfect”, why is that? Beauty and perfection are worlds apart. Beauty does not mean the perfect skin tone or the richest color of hair, it is a face with character that cause the on looker to be attracted – something that stuck out that made the passerby return for another gaze upon the face that caught their eye. Some flaw or another that was so strong in its being that it appeared almost otherworldly - beautiful. Perfection on the other hand is exactly that – it is perfect, without fault or flaw. It is evenly proportioned, without tarnish or stain.

People have been seeking perfection since as long as anyone can remember – it does not matter that the idea of perfection has changed over the years, but simply that society seeks it, and shall continue to do so without actually ever accomplishing such an act. Our standards of perfect and beauty are forever changing as society changes and therefore we can never, truthfully, find perfection in anything.