Ugly Is An Ugly Word

Ugly is the ugliest word in the world. Whenever you say it, you become ugly. Now, I am not trying to preach anything here. I am not going to encourage you to see beauty in everything. I realize that there are some things and certain people who are more aesthetically appealing than others. I'm just saying, don't just dismiss someone as 'ugly'.

I have had the good fortune of having a best friend who never uses the word 'ugly'. Every time someone utters the word 'ugly', I feel like covering my ears, but the one saying it seems to feel no guilt whatsoever. Don't they think they're being shallow? Can't they hear how bad the word sounds coming out of their mouth?

Now, there are lots of different kinds of people on this planet. One of those kinds are the girls who don't think twice before using the U-word. These are usually the people who have their nose eyes, ears, limbs and the like in the right places and in the right size and since they don't have much problem in the aesthetics department, they feel like they have gained the right to dismiss people about their appearance. They think their beauty makes them superior to others in some way and if in case they feel that someone doesn't share this superiority, they say "Oh, she's just so u***!"

Now, the question is- What exactly is beauty?

Let me remind you that I recognize the fact that some things are more aesthetically appealing than others. But at the same time, I look around me and see there are girls who are absolutely beautiful but probably don't get much attention for it. These girls are pretty on the inside too, but someone more fashionable or thinner or fairer is always deemed as the prettiest. This has led me to believe that what we call 'beauty' is basically just 'superficial appeal'. You lose some wight, throw on some make-up, suppress your emotions and plaster a permanent smile on your face, play hard to get and wham! You become 'beautiful'.

Look a little deeper. There are people around us who are gorgeous. The people we see on TV wear eight kilos of make-up and have the latest technology making them look flawless. In the real world there are people who're almost as beautiful as them. We just need to keep your eyes open and stop looking for superficiality.

And next time you call someone 'u***' remember that whatever gives you the confidence to say it may be snatched away from you any day. You'll grow old and your skin will sag. You might meet with an accident which causes disfigurement. Or maybe something less extreme- you might have to move to a place where the culture doesn't classify you as pretty. Don't call anyone ugly, and the chances of you becoming ugly go down because ugly is an ugly word.