ponders on pretty people

ive been thinking about "pretty" people, in accordance to a societies standards, which differ from country to country and state to state...ie: whats "pretty" in one place isnt in another, ect.

i think their lives are really difficult, and i dont think we really ever address that as people or as a culture.

think about some things with me.

when we think of the most "beautiful" we usually think of hollywood. most of these people have been divorced numerous times, have children from tons of different marriages, their entire job is to look good so all their time and money goes into this, and if we're being totally honest, lets look at their addictive personalities in the world of drugs, drinking, and sexual relationships. sound like an insecure person to you? yeah, me too.

but lets step out of hollywood for a moment, lets look at just your everyday people you see who take your breath away cause they're so "pretty". Their beauty is not only typically relative (see above) but also completely out of their control, its all genes. Genes God gave them, totally out of their control and totally negotiable. (Besides in sourthern california and other metro cities where a lot of this comes from having money and time to frequent the gym and surgury)

not only is it out of everyones control but Jesus', but it can be a blessing or a curse. usually in my life ive seen it in people as a curse. The unearned attention these people get for their looks works almost opposite against them in their self confidence, all the "pretty" people ive seen are extremely insecure and have serious issues concerning how they view themselves. they've been told indirectly or directly that their worth is based on their looks, the attention they get is only for their appearance and draws other self centered people with no depth to them either which makes sincere relationships of the same sex or opposite sex almost impossible to find. they also live in the knowledge whether conciously or unconciously that their looks are fleeting and will go at any moment, this gives them extreme self doubt and anxiety. Always having to be "on" and look good when going out or seeing people, i imagine its exhausting.

of course we're human beings, just like we see art pieces and creation as beautiful, we're going to see certain peoples appearences more beautiful to us then others...we're able to appreciate ones looks as "beautiful" without even necessarily being physically attracted to them. for example: ive seen lots of really beautiful guys that i have NO interest in, they arent "my type".

no one deserves to be treated any differently because they are LESS attractive or MORE attractive in your view.

our worth does not from from how we look, how smart we are, how physically fit we are, where we're from, what we do for a living, how much money we make, how many service projects we do, ect.

our worth can not be earned or lessened, gained or lost.
our worth does not differ from person to person.

we have have worth for simply BEING.


from the ugliest to the prettiest, BE WHO YOU ARE, BELOVED.