WHAT LIES UNDER OUR SKIN ?


What lies under our skin?

Is it us, or our standards that we have to make and put up with?!
Some find that beauty lies under our skin, in our souls (beautiful on the inside and out).
But what is the difference between an ugly soul with beautiful features and a beautiful soul with -according to human standards- an ugly features or not commonly acceptable ones? , how to set the two apart?
Our whole lives we are searching for acceptance; to be liked, talked to and even loved.
Not depending on what we wear or how we look, but depending on what lies within us;                                              ‘we are all beautiful in our mothers' eyes’, however how we look in front of our mirrors and in our eyes is another story.

Who are we and what defines us; as we grow up we let other people answer these two questions for us, we let them define us by their own terms not by ours, but a coin always have two sides; what about us what lies within us , is it our mothers' eyes or is it others' judgmental eyes?
It's quite weird; moreover we convince ourselves that how we are seen is who we are, that our features define us, forgetting that the rare pearls lie in the most simple shells.
Till when are we going to let this play go on? Till when are we going to believe the lies they feed us? ; Forever isn’t a choice anymore.
I believe that it starts with the 1% doubt that we are beautiful unlike what we are told , that what they have been telling us, feeding us isn't anything but a mere lie they made up to set themselves apart from the others.
In that moment the same question pops up in our minds again; what defines us?
Well I have another question to ask: who said we should be defined? Who said that we need to fall in a certain category that defines us, why can't we live and try to accept others? But first did we accept ourselves???
‘Accept yourself you weren't made easily’, they tell us, but they forget to mention how; I believe that the answer lies within us we go through so much to become who we are now , always remember a rock goes through a lot to be the beautiful sculpture you see, it was never easy and it never will be. But, as long as we are trying and fighting not to change who we are just to fit in, trying to fight for our soul existence; I guarantee you, we will win. But you can never win a battle by watching; so try, fight, lose, get yourself up and win, you always had it in you and only you can do it, because only you know what lies under your skin.       
      
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