False Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3bc9lS3rg

   It's hard to watch these types of videos and feel inspired. Because in the moment, you may feel inspired and feel as if the whole world is on your side; you may feel that nothing matters anymore: not your weight, your face, or your imperfections. But, as soon as that last second plays and  the video ends, reality hits. The reality of the situation is that appearance does matter. We are ultimately judged by our looks and backgrounds and no one gives a shit about anything else.
     Occasionally, some influential person in our society, whether he or she is an actor or singer, tries to come out with some inspirational bullshit that is suppose to show that he or she cares and that your feelings really do matter. But ultimately, as soon as that video ends, hope ends. That hope that things may change in your life and that you could feel as beautiful every day as you felt watching that video of a girl standing in the mirror facing her scars with a smile, or that book about the cancer girl who finds romance, or that song that is telling you that you're perfect but it ends and life goes on.

   This is no disrespect to John Legend. I love his work and personally, I believe that his music is the best of our generation. However, I just want to acknowledge the fact that we shouldn't need others' pity to make us feel happy or beautiful. As a society, we depend too much on others and we focus on others' pity rather than  his or her success. Whenever you tune into a singing competition, the video logs of the contestants  always seem to bring up some sad story to make people vote for them and sometimes people are too focused on the cancer survivor's story, that they are blinded from the real talent, or the real winner. Thus, I think it is time that we focus on where people are trying to go rather than where they came from. Why not embrace people's success then their failures? So with that said, I challenge you to watch that video without feeling sympathetic about people's issues but instead, celebrate the variation of imperfections in this world, not just today but everyday.

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