Apr 24 2009
Obsession with the Young
By: Gustavo Lequerica-Calvo
A couple of days ago, I turned twenty-five years old; good age, good number but for some people getting older means an obsession with their looks; not many people think is a bless getting older as their looks will fade and they will feel they are not going to be appreciate it by anyone, is something sad that some people can grow older with dignity and they have to go under the knife just to feel better or feel that their jobs are going to last a little longer, i.e. fashion models, their looks will say if they are in or out, even actors can get that kind of feeling as their looks will rule their career.
I think I’m going to grow older with dignity; even if I have my own flaws and vanities I will grow up with dignity as an average human being, who is comfortable with himself rather to let others influence on his looks. Looking this in a sociological point of view I see that most of the time the fault of this obsession with the young and perfection lays on the mass desires to make their idols look young forever; but on a mainstream level, people want to look as their idols some of the times, other times people want to feel younger as they have a psychological chain to better times, they want to feel good as when they were young, so they try to remain young as long as they can as they associate it with a better time of themselves.
Society at the end can be cruel, but society is a reflect of every human being, society is a reflection of our self, a reflection we give to the word; so at the end we can be shallow and superficial as we tend to accept more the young and good looking rather than the older experienced individual; we could saw it a few weeks ago in Britain’s Got Talent when Susan Boyle appeared for the very first time, I guess it was a similar case as Paul Potts where to not so good looking individuals stunned the world with their talent, proving that you don’t need to be good looking to impress everyone; we can be extremely judgmental with age and looks.
I guess I am happy with the way I am, I don’t care being good looking or handsome, I am happy being myself, knowing that I am appreciate by my few friends and family because the way I am, I know I can grow older without worrying about my looks as my essence and soul are there, and that end those are the most important things ever because you can look like a Roman Deity, pure perfection in the outside; but if you are not happy with yourself and if you don’t treat people with love and respect, you are a just an immature individual who is scare of growing up.
Never be afraid of getting old, because if you have compassion people will love you without judging on the way you look, I learned that.
