It’s a Monday morning when your eyes open to the annoying sound of your phone alarm. You swiftly silent it while you proceed to steal an extra 15 minutes of sleep. Assuming you are similar to most Americans, you probably walked to the bathroom to get ready for your day. Brushing teeth, washing one’s face, and combing one’s hair are just a few examples. Once fully dressed and ready to leave your house or dorm, you hastily rush out the front door. Pause. How many times did you look in the mirror, or make a conscious reflection about your outer appearance? Today’s society is one that places so much value in outer vanity, and emphasizes this message of importance throughout the media. An article in “The Telegraph” states that their surveys indicate
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In the short essay, “Beauty: Dancer is the Self”, Walker recounts the story of how her impressions and beliefs of herself and the world were changed after her right eye was shot. The injury healed as a milky cataract, forever clouding vision from her eye. Walker immediately shifted from a confident, cute, intelligent girl to one who was stripped of self-esteem, and no longer believed herself to be beautiful. School mates and children would bully her for the blemish on her eye to the point where she had to move schools. The level of beauty was set in society and those who did not fit the criteria were ostracized. After years passed and she had a baby, Walker finally appreciated her injury for the perspective it gave her. Accidents and tragedies leave countless with disfigurements and physical impairments. Through pain endured, one can discover true worth and the importance of inner …show more content…
Worth today is placed heavily on a momentary beauty opposed to a sharp mind, a kind heart, faith and a strong character. The story of “The Woman Who Fears the Lord” can be found in Proverbs chapter 31, detailed with the markings a woman who knows her worth. Verse 30 is quoted as “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain…”. There is day in everyone’s life when outer beauty fades, but devoting time to who one is on the inside will last. 1 Peter 3:3-4 is an excellent example of this exact message. “Do not let your adorning be external…. but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit”. This adorning and emphasis on what is truly beautiful was widely accepted and practiced by the community of holy women in those days. This community was, in essence, an example for modern society, yet we judge complexion rather differently
In the short essay, “Beauty: Dancer is the Self”, Walker recounts the story of how her impressions and beliefs of herself and the world were changed after her right eye was shot. The injury healed as a milky cataract, forever clouding vision from her eye. Walker immediately shifted from a confident, cute, intelligent girl to one who was stripped of self-esteem, and no longer believed herself to be beautiful. School mates and children would bully her for the blemish on her eye to the point where she had to move schools. The level of beauty was set in society and those who did not fit the criteria were ostracized. After years passed and she had a baby, Walker finally appreciated her injury for the perspective it gave her. Accidents and tragedies leave countless with disfigurements and physical impairments. Through pain endured, one can discover true worth and the importance of inner …show more content…
Worth today is placed heavily on a momentary beauty opposed to a sharp mind, a kind heart, faith and a strong character. The story of “The Woman Who Fears the Lord” can be found in Proverbs chapter 31, detailed with the markings a woman who knows her worth. Verse 30 is quoted as “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain…”. There is day in everyone’s life when outer beauty fades, but devoting time to who one is on the inside will last. 1 Peter 3:3-4 is an excellent example of this exact message. “Do not let your adorning be external…. but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit”. This adorning and emphasis on what is truly beautiful was widely accepted and practiced by the community of holy women in those days. This community was, in essence, an example for modern society, yet we judge complexion rather differently