Isn't everybody beautiful?

"You are beautiful"
Don't you love hearing that? Obviously you do! Who doesn't like appreciations!
Well, let me ask you something today. What is beauty according to you?
 Can we really define it? Or we just blindly follow the old concoctions passed down from generations?

Big eyes, white skin, tall and slim? I'm sure many of us see through these and actually refer someone as beautiful based on these few criteria. But is it all you can see? Truly said: 'Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder'. When it comes to beauty we just consider the outer appearance of an individual. What about the inside? What about that which is going to stay eternal? Your outer self will shed one day my friend, but your inner beauty will stay forever.
Everybody is beautiful in one way or the other;
Be it the simplicity of that soul
Be it the compassion of a mother
Protection of a brother.
Be it innocence of that child,
playing with pure dust in the slum.
Be it determination to do something,
That shear courage,
The spirit of making a change,
Be it the smile after getting the pay check
Or that teenager behaving as a wreck.
Be it the mother dog,
hugging her six little pups,
In the winter cold.
Be it in the believe that
Everything is going to be fine
At the end.


Can you see that little girl, sitting at the corner in her class, afraid to get bullied again? Boys teasing her saying 'chashmish', 'doubble- battery' and what not. She loves to read. What is her fault? Making her feel disgusted won't do any good.

Oh there! See that guy? People call him 'fattie' cause he is over weight. Unfortunately, he has a disease of putting on fat. He loves to eat but doesn't. What's his fault? Making fun of him every second won't do any good to you!

Probably people should realise how much pain they are putting a person through, before making any kind of joke or passing rude comments.
Frankly, we have a problem with everything. Even if there isn't any problem, we will definitely find one.
In-laws searching for "tall and fair-skinned" brides, even if the girl has bright career and an amazing personality. People buying these shitty cosmetic creams like fair 'n' lovely to glow; 'paayie 7 dino mei gorapan' is their lame tag line. All young girls starving to become size 0, which is supposedly the new in-thing! All these celebrities undergoing surgeries for having nicer assets and plumped lips and having the perfect nose, really makes me wonder, why?
We need to accept ourselves the way we are, and be comfortable in our own skin. That's how god has made us: beautiful.
I believe everybody is beautiful, we just have see it the right way.