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Are You Hot Does It Matter?
By: a girl named jaen
Below is an excerpt from the lyric to one of my new songs,
Are You Hot from the forthcoming album entitled Gloss:
"Grew up with the pretty people in the magazines. Perfect symmetry did shout be all that you can be. I'm trying to find that depth of skin where all beautys living in. And when I do will I believe the image staring back at me."
These lyric lines are right out of my real life experience and perhaps some of yours too. The title and base idea was originally inspired by a reality show called Are You Hot. While I admit I enjoyed seeing all the hot people on that show, I also thought to myself, there has to be more than just wanting to be physically perfect.
Were bombarded with images in magazines, online, on the TV and movies every day. From a very young age, perhaps as early as 8 years old, I remember sitting on my grandmas lap, not reading children's books, but looking at images in fashion magazines. On the one hand, I remember loving it. I was always a girlie girl playing dress up, wearing makeup, styling my hair, wearing moms jewelry and staring at myself in mirrors probably way too much.
On the other hand, I had no way of knowing how this might be impacting me in a negative way. Grandma always used to tell me how pretty I was. Everyone wants to feel special, to be acknowledged. But she would also add, You look just like these girls in the magazines. As a young girl I wanted to believe I had potential to look like a model, but ultimately I grew up to be a very curvy girl all of 5 ft 1. I grew up with far too many influences that emphasized the importance of physical beauty, with not enough equal emphasis on the importance of inner beauty. I was confident in some ways but learned to fool people about the fact that I didn't feel very beautiful. All this magnification on physical beauty set the tone for me, which led to many years of struggling with a poor self body image.
You might be surprised how physically beautiful you can become to others. Most importantly to yourself, if you focus on your own kindness, honesty, intellect, health and inner peace. Try checking yourself out next time in a picture wherein your smiling, laughing with pure joy or watching something you enjoy. Thats the YOU thats truly HOT!
I love this quote by Max Ehrmann. It says:
"Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the stars. In this noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul."
I keep this quote on my refrigerator so it's in plain view every day as this really speaks to me. It is a positive reminder that I need to take care of myself inside and out. Consider finding a positive thought or image that speaks to you. And when you do, display it where you can see it everyday as a caring reminder to yourself. This can help towards creating a balance between the physical images you see everyday taunting you to be someone else's idea of perfection. Know that you are born perfect and beautiful and that you can continue to be so, at every stage of your life by embracing this fact and seeking ways to better yourself.
I'm not gonna lie. At times, I still struggle with loving myself and appreciating my inner beauty. But I'm getting a little better at this every day.
My wish is that over time, we'll all teach each other by example to appreciate the inner and outer physical beauty of every age and stage of our lives. The more we do this the more it will become the new standard for tolerance and acceptance of each others beautiful differences.
Have you told someone lately how beautiful or handsome they are? Not just when they're all glammed out. But when they're laughing, watching or doing something they love to do. Notice the beauty in their eyes, their smile. You can compliment your mom, your dad, your sibling, your grandparent or a stranger on the street. You have to mean it for it to be truly powerful. But when you genuinely pass on this gift, it reverberates in a positive way far beyond what you might imagine. And how it makes you feel in return can be just as powerful!
Today, I'm still a girlie girl who likes to dress up, go out with friends and look hot. I just have a fuller, healthier and more balanced view of what hot, really is!