You know what's strange to me? The definition of beauty in the society we live in. What one person sees as beautiful isn't something someone else will see as beautiful. And I've always wondered - why is that? Why isn't just everyone beautiful, period? What are there...well standards to beauty? Some people look at my dark skin and tell me they wish they had it. But then people exactly like me, act like my dark skin is a curse. Why? Why aren't both just equally as beautiful as the other?

And then there's beauty in the form of intellect. This is what bothers me the most. I'm open minded, people loving, curious...I'm so much. Yet, I'm told that being myself isn't proper. Being myself is just going to get me in trouble. But on the other hand, I'm told to love myself for who I am. I'm told I need to think for myself in order to progress in life. But when I do think for myself, I'm told that my thoughts are wrong.

Why is beauty not just beauty? Why is there a list of requirements you have to have verified by society...all to feel beautiful?

~V.G