Ramblings...
Right now our society has developed this idea that our personal flaws are merit badges, worn on the sleeve or spelled out in speech for everyone around them to embrace. Fault and flaw are blended into this personification that overrules all need to ever become a better person, because in the end, no one needs to be better when someone somewhere down the line will accept them as is.
Consumer-culture blares ideals that perfection is in all of us so long as we BUY something, and the media pitches 'Embrace Yourself' mottos originally made to counter body issues in women. These things neglect to support inner change in people, instead suggesting that change unnecessary. When every person is special and every person is perfect, it becomes easy to see why this generation (in particular) has such a severe attitude issue.
Generations before us held hardened characters, people who never flaunted their faults. Their idea of perfection was to stay within the guidelines of societal rule, and while that presented it's own problems down the line, it prevented people from being clouded with too much acceptance. If you were a bad housewife, you learned to get better. If public emotional control was difficult, you learned to control it- otherwise society turned its back to you. The extremity there isn't necessary for the now, but the public front is.
It's important to love who people are and accept those things that are impossible to change, but it's more important to not let that become so overwhelming that people simply fail to evolve. Granted, most people DO change, whether it be from age and experience or an event that ignites the change to happen. Forceful change shouldn't be the major stimulant towards self betterment across the board, however. Willpower and self acknowledgment should at least be contenders...
There's a saying that goes something like... "No one will discover your flaws unless you point them out first". I personally feel like people need to auto tune back to that way of thinking, because I'm really tired of how proud people are to be sub-par.
Consumer-culture blares ideals that perfection is in all of us so long as we BUY something, and the media pitches 'Embrace Yourself' mottos originally made to counter body issues in women. These things neglect to support inner change in people, instead suggesting that change unnecessary. When every person is special and every person is perfect, it becomes easy to see why this generation (in particular) has such a severe attitude issue.
Generations before us held hardened characters, people who never flaunted their faults. Their idea of perfection was to stay within the guidelines of societal rule, and while that presented it's own problems down the line, it prevented people from being clouded with too much acceptance. If you were a bad housewife, you learned to get better. If public emotional control was difficult, you learned to control it- otherwise society turned its back to you. The extremity there isn't necessary for the now, but the public front is.
It's important to love who people are and accept those things that are impossible to change, but it's more important to not let that become so overwhelming that people simply fail to evolve. Granted, most people DO change, whether it be from age and experience or an event that ignites the change to happen. Forceful change shouldn't be the major stimulant towards self betterment across the board, however. Willpower and self acknowledgment should at least be contenders...
There's a saying that goes something like... "No one will discover your flaws unless you point them out first". I personally feel like people need to auto tune back to that way of thinking, because I'm really tired of how proud people are to be sub-par.