Image!

I am responding to Shiyun's post about image. 

  Does our image really matter that much in our lives? I think that we are too focused in our appearances rather than our who we really are. I started to realize that most of us care about being liked by others around us or wants to be praised for their looks.

I honestly think that image has become an obsession over the years for many people. They have become more and more self-conscious about how they appear to others. For instance, a teenage girl focuses and puts a lot of time and effort into what they look like and that turns into a daily routine for most.

As for myself, I like to look good, but I don't think that I'm obsessed with my image. Yes, I will not go out in public if I don't have my make-up on, but it isn't that big of a problem for me. I personally think that a good appearance ties together with a person being content with themselves. I don't think that I have an image issue, but I would prefer to look good rather than not and being called ugly.

Some people do like to keep up with their appearance to get the attention of others or to be liked, but I think that is for the people who have a problem with the way they look. They feel as if that is the only way that they will be liked: by overly obsessing with their appearance as a daily routine.

It is also wrong for people to put emphasis on the 'prettier looking' people rather than the people  who embrace their natural beauty. It is morally wrong because that can cause a person  to feel bad about themselves and that in turn, can ignite problems with image for most people.

My say is that people shouldn't really care how they look as much as how they care at the moment. If a person does not like how you look, then don't mind them. As long as you are happy with the way you look, then it doesn't really matter what others think. Deep down, they're just haters.

Also, people shouldn't let others get to them with their rude comments about they way that people look. If they do let this happen, then it all goes back with what I said that you will become obsessed over looking good in order to be accepted by the rest. But really, they don't matter.