"What you see is what you get";
isn't that a well know phrase amongst us?
Apparently children and teenagers look beyond that phrase trying
to fulfill the wishes/likes of others.
Everyone of us is different. We are different in many ways such
as weight, height, size, talent, culture, and colour. People
have become full of desire, wanting to be something or someone
they are not. Young children are being influenced by the people
around them. They feel, for example, that they need to be
"pretty" or "skinny" in order for others to
like them.
Why is it that teenagers pick out so-called
"differences" in others and use them to hurt? Because
of this judgment, children and teenagers are becoming people
they are not. They are putting aside their good character traits
in order to impress others, hoping they will be accepted.
Everyone has the right to be who they are and should be
respected for being themselves. A person should not have to
change in order to be accepted because each person is an
individual with a personality of his or her own.
I've learned from experience that it's so much greater to be
yourself and what you see is what you get.
