i am sitting here,thinking about the sayings we have about inner beauty and outer beauty,how over emphasis on one and rejecting the other can be detrimental-often times i hear people claim they should be loved for who they are-their inner self and not what they look like-o tshwanetse go nkamogela ka fa ke ntseng ka teng---with the belief that true love should have some sort of oversight to appearance-atleast the modifiable kind more especially reffering to body weight, on the other hand though some say looks are everything and will go to the north pole and back to work on the outer appearance.i believe an extreme belief in either statement can leave one disappointed.truth is looks matter and content too.when you go into a shop to get a product you have never used before,what attracts you first when you are at a distance is the outer package-you pick the one that attracts your eye....lets say this product is a bag of rice--i do love rice by the way :) .you look at how its packaged-is it appealing.you compare it with similar products but maybe of different brands.then you look at the price-still comparing and seeing if you can afford it,the use by and expiry date...and if its palatable to other members of your household...when you take this product home-you use it accordingly-the aroma,the taste,the texture--the way it looks and whether it is satisfying.this are some of the things that come into play when you are using this product for the first time.so if its rice you also note how long it takes to cook..is it the kind of rice that would sky rocket your electric bill--or if you are a gas stove user one that would have leave you hanging in the middle of a month without gas because it takes 3 hours to cook a cup of rice.if you find some unsatisfying features of the contents of the package you bought ,next time you might pick a not so attractive package of course--and the contents may satisfy you and appear to be more user friendly and economic--so what is m point exactly? My point is,ladies we need to stop feeding ourselves the lie that we should be loved for who we are and not work on improving ourselves..and yes,you brothers as well--we should take care of our bodies-it is good for us and we will be doing it for our own good...you could do this simply by making sure you follow simple life rules,take a bath twice a day-wear clothes that suit you,eat healthy,exercise-go for check ups when you need to..take care of you---and don't sit back and expect do be the unattractive package at the grocery store waiting for someone to pick you pick you up.mind you,you could have the best heart in the crowd-the best inner contents-the best manners but if you don't package yourself well it will take a while before you are noticed...its sad but its true.looks do matter.now from a different perspective,if you take to much time making sure you look appealing but never pay attention to what is inside of you,o tlo re perhaps o le plate ya rice e e tsholotsweng ---you will be a plate of rice thrown in the rubbish bin holding regrets of what if's.the thing about being pretty is nobody eats pretty--and there is always-always a better package out there eventually--and even if one succumbs to falling for pretty eventually the pressures of the world leave one questioning one self what this pretty is doing for me---i take care of this pretty but it waste my money --it cant think-it cant do anything--pretty is just a package sitting on the shelf waiting to be admired---truth is for pretty--it will be easy to get people interested in you,but most people wont be willing to keep you.you have to be a well balanced product to be a long lasting brand.-last but not least..the use by and expiry date--we all have sell by and expiry dates--we just don't have individual bar codes telling us when we will done--but the general rule is 20-45years after birth is the peak and term of your usability--and years after that here and there we do get the exceptions to the rule --with dwindling product satisfication---so you have to know when to be on the shelf-strategically placing yourself into visibility in such a way that you are not sitting on a shelf way after your expiry date. one --make yourself eligible of being picked up 2.have good content that will keep people coming back for more--3.be affordable but not cheap to the extent people question your quality-- its simple grocery shopping rules applied in real life
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The thoughts expressed on this blog are not necessarily those of the writer--just sentiments i pick from everyday conversations and decide to explore further
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