Showing posts with label Appearance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appearance. Show all posts

Friday, February 20, 2015

Truth About Appearance

Yesterday, I read online my blog posts from 2009 and 2010 to see differences in me then and now. Video clips also got watched to see what struck me then. The Mormon Message: My New Body got watched (a clip not seen in years) and it reminded me that truly, the appearance of the body doesn't matter but that I have one. What matters is who I am not how I look.

I'm grateful for this reminder which solidifies accepting myself just the way I am. (That how I look doesn't matter, and that my qualities matter - not my looks.) My spirit is the essence of me. I am an eternal being, a child of God of infinite worth. The truth: my character makes me beautiful, not my looks.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Dress to be Taken Seriously

While on my way to church yesterday, I saw a guy drive into another church's parking lot wearing a t-shirt. I thought it was odd that he wore something so casual to worship the Lord. I kept thinking of a boy saying to a girl: if you don't want me to treat you like a hoochie, don't dress like one. That guy made me think of how we judge people based on their appearance. I also thought about how what a person wears dictates their behavior. Would that guy be as respectful in a t-shirt as he would if his shirt had buttons and was neatly pressed? 

A guy who's pants slouch under his behind will never get hired to work in an office. Maybe McDonald's will hire him but no other boss in their right mind ever will. I'd say that if he wants to get paid more he needs to take pride in how he looks and start by pulling up his pants.

I've seen girls wear tight (and revealing) clothes. Girls need to leave something to the imagination and respect themselves. They don't need to wear shirts that have straps so narrow that their bra straps show - it's just not attractive and people think of the girl as lower class. Something in my mind says it's wrong when I see girls wearing shirts that are so see-through (or non-existent) that their entire bra shows - the girl may think she looks good, but, believe me, when people see it they'll think she doesn't. If the trend is to be immodest, I hope some girls will have the guts to stand up for themselves and not follow it. I believe they don't want to wear something that later in life they'll regret.

Maybe some people think I say this because I'm conservative. It has nothing to do with that but respect, honor, decency, right and wrong. In today's world, everyone has their own version of what they think is best. No longer is there a standard that everyone lives by because some people say there shouldn't be one. (The standard is what's right and I stand for it.) I say that wearing inappropriate things is wrong - because people judge what we wear. If we want to be taken seriously, we need to look the part.