Our Inner Selves

After a moment’s creativity, I was spurred to write a one pager a while back on how strange we humans are, especially if we were to look at ourselves from the outside. How we dye the hard protein on our heads (“hair”) different colours, how we paint the toughened keratin on the ends of our hands (“nails”), and although the parts of our faces all serve the same purpose from one human to the next, we insist that one can be “prettier” or “better looking” than the other. We spend large amounts of money (and time and effort to get this money) on brand names that really, are just pieces of cloth with the true purpose of covering our bodies. In terms of history, we are probably at the highest point when it comes to the amount we care about our appearances. Because of this, I can picture God frowning.. we invest so much time on how we look and how others perceive us that some of us, myself included, sometimes forget to give as much attention to our inner-selves; our spirituality and connection to God.

How others see us has become a central part of all our lives, whether we’d like to admit it or not. We have inherently become the generation obsessed with instagramming our healthy meals and our outfits that without even realizing it, the gap between the “haves and the have-nots” has increased. I’m not trying to instill guilt here (as I myself have posted several “ootds” and I’ve used the hashtag #brunch several times), but just simple realization. We need to continuously reflect on our actions and whether they glorify God or ourselves. Are we feeding our souls with true nourishment (#healthyliving, #cleaneating), are we also clothing ourselves with humility and joy (#ootd)? Are we able to reflect our Creator through our actions and show this love to others?