by free2beme 37 Replies latest jw friends
why should anyone be proud of what nature gave them? it wasn't a gift.
A person who embraces who they really are has more to be proud of than someone who buys a body thinking it changes anything important.
Everything we do is a reflection on what we value. Plastic surgery sends a very depressing message about what we value.
Shame has nothing to do with it.
Oh really?
You're just 27. Wait until you hit your forties and start seeing how unforgiving your skin is to every sunburn and tan you ever got.
A person who embraces who they really are has more to be proud of than someone who buys a body thinking it changes anything important.
and who they "really are" is somehow inherently better than who they could have been?
Plastic surgery sends a very depressing message about what we value.
depressing by whose yard stick? people who are pure and close to nature? TS
Incidentally, I don't like tanning either. Baking yourself in the sun (leading cause of skin cancer) to achieve a freshly-cooked look is another of my pet peeves.
You're just 27. Wait until you hit your forties and start seeing how unforgiving your skin is to every sunburn and tan you ever got.
You'll have to see what I mean when you get there. It's not shame. It's a wish not to wither away. "Yours sincerely, wasting away." When I'm 64 from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band LP
nd who they "really are" is somehow inherently better than who they could have been?
Obviously, Tetra, this is a subjective judgment call. I think self-deception is never desirable.
Incidentally, I don't like tanning either. Baking yourself in the sun (leading cause of skin cancer) to achieve a freshly-cooked look is another of my pet peeves.
ya, so instead of dying at 75 they die at 73.... come on man, lighten up a little. too much doctrine is sucky for the soul...
Incidentally, I don't like tanning either. Baking yourself in the sun (leading cause of skin cancer) to achieve a freshly-cooked look is another of my pet peeves.
Now, there I have to agree with you. I like people the color they came in. I never tan. I did get tans when I was a kid though. I lived in the south before sunscreen.
You'll have to see what I mean when you get there. It's not shame. It's a wish not to wither away
Which is, ultimately, a wish to not die. However, we will die whether we've been sliced and had bacteria injected in our eyebrows anyway. We all could do a better job of coming to grips with our own impending deaths. We should try to embrace death if we want to find peace.
You might think this is a stretch from this subject, but I think it's not if one probes their motives on a deep level.
I think self-deception is never desirable.
ya, i guess that's where we part. i don't think it's self deception. i think to myself, that if the person is real to themselves, in their own eyes, then it really shouldn't matter how real they are in the eyes of others.
cheers,
TS
