Today I
watched a video called “Comfortable” and I could not help but be amazed with
it. In the video, adults and children are asked what they would change about
their bodies, if they could only change one thing. On one hand, adults mentioned
lots of things that they did not like from their bodies. On the other hand, children
just answered things that they would add to their bodies such as wings and
other fantastical superpowers. The point is that children did not see imperfections
in their bodies, thus they did not want to change anything; whereas adults
wanted to modify their bodies in order to fit with the beauty standards that
our society inculcates us.
This video
is a good source to reflect on. Unfortunately most of us do not feel
comfortable with our bodies in a society that prizes unrealistic images. The
truth is that most of us want to have a smaller nose, blue eyes, longer hair, etc.
Definitely this attitude is as a consequence of the beauty standards that we
have. Not only do we compare ourselves to supermodels but we have countless
social media friends to compare ourselves to. However I think that it is time
to unleash ourselves from what we believe to be the objectivity of beauty
because it is not natural.
In my
opinion this video just shows us the insecurities that adults might have. Actually
we should be thankful for our bodies because of all the things that these allow
us to do. We should think about how blessed we are to have hands, arms, legs,
etc. Furthermore, we should be thankful for being healthy. Sometimes we forget about all the things that
our body lets us do, because we spend so much time obsessing over the aspects
of our body that we can’t change. But it is up to us to be comfortable with our
bodies and to accept us the way we are. All those qualities that we want to
change are those that make us beautifully different.
It would be
great if we would change our perspective of beauty and we would see it with the
innocence and purity children see it. I consider it is time to picture our
minds what we feel beauty should be. Rather than think of a determined shape,
we should decide on our standard. Better yet, I propose to think of beauty as
an attitude, as confidence and as character.
