.......So what!!!

Here goes the story of a coy and timid girl who always dressed up in simple clothes, very intelligent though, she was not one of those beautiful girls fluttering around. She too was aware of this fact but she was a confident, calm and composed lady. One beautiful Sunday morning, she went to the church with her family for the mass; dressed in a well starched pretty white gown-just as she always did on any and every sunday. But this very day she got a lot of compliments from the family and friends about she looking very pretty, the dress being elegant and what not! This indeed was not usual for her to get so many compliments, rather than being flattered, with every compliment she grew more and more suspicious to as something could have gone really wrong that she was getting noticed by so many people that day! Probably her dress is torn or the hair not done properly and people might just be complimenting her so that she does not feel bad for having goofed up so badly. As soon as the mass finished she rushed herself into the washroom to check what actually was wrong! To her surprise, she was really looking beautiful with a small bindi her mother had secretly put on her forehead without bringing into her notice. Having explored her own beauty, the same girl, after a few years was again in a similar situation- on a sunday morning mass- dressed up in an elegant gown, with best of her makeup on and having grown used to of being noticed and complimented for being so pretty and poised. Today also something happened which was not usual- An old lady ran into her and commented that she looked horrible that day! Just having heard that, she was so convinced that probably her make up came out or something surely have happened and she actually looked ugly; she didn't even wait for the mass to finish and ran into the washroom to check herself out. She again was surprised to notice that nothing was actually wrong and she looked perfectly fine!
Why is it that we believe more in what others say about us rather than what we think of yourself! Why is that it is difficult for us to believe in something positive told to us by someone else when so easily we cling to the negative comments passed to us! When someone runs into us and says you look pretty today- we think, 'must be some favor he needs that is why i am being praised today!' and when the same person says u look bad today, you start counting the reasons why you might be looking bad without even having examined the truth! Why not just know ourselves the way we are, accept ourself and be ourself. To hell with what others have to say. It is actually like becoming a television and giving the remote control to other people.Its like living your life on the whims and fancies of others, its as good as being others' slaves. Decide for yourself- be the king of your imperfect world or be a slave of this perfect world. Everyone have shortcomings. It is not good enough to know that you are not perfect, more important is to accept that you are not perfect and have an attitude that....so what!!!...if you are not perfect......no one is!!!