Do Not Judge a Book by Its CoverWe as teenagers are often defined as shallow, naive, and sometimes uncompassionate youngsters.
Most of this recognition comes from our common failure to take social risks and possess an open mind.
We are all one student body, yet we are so separated in many aspects. Much of the segregation exists
because we are unable to look past appearances. What gives designer clothes, thick lensed glasses, or
different hairstyles the authority to determine if we are people who are worth knowing? Would you feel
hurt if people rejected you because you had a few pimples on your face? Would it be fair? These days,
there is too much emphasis on looks. If everyone would take a brief moment to see the shining wit or
loving personality in a person instead of his or her body, then the world would unmistakably be a better
place.
There are many truly great and natural differences among people. ?Nerds? are not ?football
players.? Their talents, skills, and capacities are not the same. An unalterable condition in human society
is that the lowest cannot be made equal with the highest. Nature is vain. However, these conditions are
adapted to benefit both individuals as well as the community. Life requires varied aptitudes, diverse
services, and miscellaneous types of people to carry on its affairs as life as a whole. Drawn by our natural
tendencies to fall into peer pressure, in our feelings of inadequacy, we constantly seek to form exclusive
associations or ?cliques.? Within these groups, we should discourage any exclusion based on the wrong
reasons such as appearances, which many people cannot drastically change. It is important to remember
that our harmony depends on our effort and ability to accept others in whatever form they come, even if
they are different in ethnicity, religion, or appeara!
nce.
All forms of conformity are self sacrilege. We are in a state of many changes, a chance to try new
things, and to discover who we really are. One’s struggle to be their own person inside as well as out is an
admirable task that calls for courage. Do not ridicule those who walk down the hall with mismatched socks
pulled up to their knees, or those who wear bright, patterned clothing. They are only expressing themselves
and sharing their uniqueness. Our inability to individualize people is a weakness that we must not dismiss.
The recognition of our rights, individual and collective, include our most basic obligation: respect for our
peers. Next time, think about what is in a hairstyle, or what is in make-up. Sadly, they both have too much
significance in our superficial expectations.
Man is a person endowed by our Creator with gifts of body and mind. We are all created in His
image and likeness. We, as imperfect sinners, do not have the right to judge or question His wisdom.
Rather we are obliged to regard our bodies as good and honorable. Mankind is not wrong when he regards
himself superior to bodily concerns.For by interior qualities, he can overcome the whole sum of mere
things. The intellectual nature of the human person needs to be perfected by wisdom, for wisdom gently
attracts the minds of mankind in a quest for love of what is true and good. It is important to remember
when wisdom and understanding is present, man can pass through visible realities to discover the real
person within.
Never judge a book by its cover. Appearances can be deceiving. Within the most unattractive
people can lie the most caring hearts. They are able to give to uncaring
people, like ourselves, the gifts of forgiveness and friendship. Just imagine that each gift is wrapped with
unconditional love and delivered with the most genuine smile. Let there be no more victims of
discrimination. Ignore the false perceptions of beauty that society has imposed on us.Remember, true
beauty lies within. As soon as one realizes that in their heart, everyone may be better known, better loved,
and better served.
