In the name of BEAUTY

hey y'all, was browsing through a friend's blog just now (thanks fiz, if you're reading this, kudos to u for putting it up), and after reading her latest post, it knocked me so hard that i decided to comment on the topic too and share it with u all...before i begin, read this simple yet meaningful story that reveals the shocking truth of today's world....this story has no connection whatsoever with the living or the dead....

Girl: Hey

Boy: What?

Girl: I really like you. And I... I think I'm falling in love with you.

Boy: Ok...Girl: What do you mean "ok"?Boy: I don't like you like that...

Girl: Why not?

Boy: I can't tell you... maybe another time...


From then on, the girl kept asking the boy "Why not?" whenever she saw him, and he kept answering the same answer of "I'll tell you later." Finally the girl got fed up.

Girl: I'm tired of this! Tell me why you don't like me!

Boy: Do you really wanna know why?

Girl: Yes!

Boy: It's because you're uglier than freak! What's the point of going out with someone when they're not pretty?! (The nerve!! soo superficial!!)

Girl: But... I...

Boy: Just shut up and leave me alone!

The boy leaves and the girl is sitting there alone, crying her heart out. Then her cell phone rings.

Girl: Hello?

Mom: Sweetheart? I want you to go home, ok? I'll be home from work in a few hours.

Girl: Alright Mom.

Mom: I love you.

Girl: I love you too, Mom.

Mom: Bye Bye.

Girl: Bye

The girl heads home and once she got there, she went in the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror.

Girl: I'm not pretty enough...

She set to work, knowing fully well what she was going to do. 2 hours later, her Mom came home and heard the bathwater running. She went upstairs to find the hallway flooded so she knocked on the door.

Mom: Honey? Are you alright?

She opened the door and was shocked at the site. The bath was overflowing onto the floor, and the water was tinted red. She walked over to see what was inside and screamed. There, her little girl was lying with cuts all over her face and wrists. Her Mom backed away and was going to run to call the police when something caught her eye. On the mirror were these words written in blood: "Am I pretty enough now?"


No one deserves to be told that by ANYONE especially not from someone they love. A person's appearance doesn't count. What counts is their heart inside of them and their personality. No one likes to be told they're not good enough...

It's SAD but its also TRUE, that the scenario mentioned above is taking place in our daily life..i'm not talking only about boy-girl relationships, hell that's worse, to hear those freaking words from someone u love, its like a knife piercing through ur skin..rather im talking in general, about how the ppl living in the world today looks more on the outward beauty rather than beauty that's inside our hearts...true enough ppl always say, they only care about inward beauty and not the physical beauty, but how many of us really, truly mean it?

well, i've had my fair share of comments about my outlook, both positive and negative. But the worst, and the most hurtful came from someone i used to adore years ago...i know and could feel the pain the girl in the story above had felt...i had been told by this person many times, though its done subtly...things like, "i think you should start to exercise" (that's reasonable enough, no problems with that), "you're getting sick more often because you're not healthy, should start to exercise" (ok thats still not too bad), what about...."you see, how many times the back tyres of my bike had flattened, and why not the front one? its because of your weight,you really should start to exercise" (wah lau, that's abit harsh isnt it?) well maybe to some its just a passing comment, but to me, its no longer a passing comment when its been uttered many times...well its not something that i DON'T ALREADY KNOW and i wasnt like lazing around and do nothing, but then, with whatever's been said, its like being slapped in the face and really hurts especially when it comes from the person u love...but i thank Allah that i didnt go as far as doing what the girl did in her story....

well it's no wonder that ppl nowadays, especially girls would do WHATEVER and ANYTHING to stay slim or should i say thin....the society has been so-called 'programmed' to like only the beautiful and slim exterior...it doesnt really matter if you have a good heart or personality, or whether u have talents...

well i suppose, in this matter, we OURSELVES have the upper hand to make the decision...why do we have to suffer on the perception of others? why do we have to give a damn on what others would think of what we look like? do we really need to hurt ourselves just because others dont find us BEAUTIFUL? if we are not happy with the way we look, yes by all means, make the changes, (i dont mean plastic surgery here) and do it just because, WE want to change it for our own benefit, not because we want OTHERS to accept us as BEAUTIFUL...

My philosophies:

Beauty is only skin deep, what's important is what we really are inside...coz as we grow old, we might not be beautiful on the outside anymore, but if we have a good heart, we will always REMAIN BEAUTIFUL

If others find that we are not BEAUTIFUL enough for them, they can just @#$% OFF...