August 29, 2022
One thing that I could get when reading articles, aside from life stories of different individuals, is the knowledge and thoughts to ponder. I came across this article the other by @Olasquare saying, Give Me Character, Please. Later on the same day, I stumbled upon @ARTicLEE's post about Beautiful On The Outside. Did they share the same thoughts on that day? They all tackled beauty and character.
This reminded me of my post many months ago about We Are All Beautiful, It's The Character That Makes Us Ugly. Different people and stories I encountered in the past related to the matter were shared in my post. And a lot of people out there share similar beauty and characters.
It seems that the world nowadays is full of aesthetics and deceptions. People are into beautifying their physical character just to be accepted by society and to avoid criticism because a lot are judgemental. The flaws can be masked on and off the screen. Even emotion can be concealed because we all are great pretenders.
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We all are great at pretending we are okay if deep inside we are bleeding. We are great at pretending we know things just so as not to be called ignorant or humiliated. And what's concerning as generation changes is that lesser truths are being revealed because they can be concealed. Systems can be manipulated, and even history can be tampered with.
Some people would pretend to be good in front of others for the sake of getting a good reputation. But as he turns back, the real image will appear when no one is seeing him. It's easy for us to conceal our physical flaws and change things to look good in the eyes of others, but one thing that can not be hidden forever is our real character.
Those kinds of people are just beautiful on the outside but with dark souls on the inside. They seem to focus on beautifying their physical characteristics but not their character.
I knew some and encountered a lot. There is one I know that's pretty, tall, and sexy. But once she talks, your perception of her will change and if I were her parent, I would disown her. Some say it depends on the upbringing, but some have good parents but grew up into a wild sheep. It's not really all parents' fault that some have bad characters, it depends on what path he/she wants to take and what kind of individual he/she wants to be.
Some even grow up in slums and all kinds of characters are there, but end up being good individuals. It's probably because they don't want to end at the same fate as others and so they opt to follow a better path, for a better change.
Some look ugly, but with a pure heart. They will receive all kinds of criticism in the world, but nothing could ruin their good character. Rather, they would build better ones to withstand all challenges thrown at them by this judgemental society.
It is worth noting that building a good character is much more important than anything else. We may grow up in a bad environment, but we shouldn't allow the dirt of the world to put a stain on our character. We always have the choice to either be bad or good anyway. It's always our choice, not anyone else. And no matter how we cancel our flaws, our real character will always prevail.
Time flies and everything changes, a once poor can be rich, a once rich can be poor, we age, our beauty fades over time, we get old, and we die but our good character would remain in this physical world that will be remembered forever.
So instead of focusing on how to be beautiful in the eyes of others, you rather focus on building a good character that no one could criticize and that will last forever.
We all are beautiful. It's only our character that makes us ugly!
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Character is like a smoke that has no hiding place once a fire is ignited. Anyone with funny character cannot hide it for long, sooner than expected it will surface for others to see.