noeyelids:

Lately I’ve been gettin’ real tired of the pettiness. Tired of the judgment, the superficiality, superiority complexes. Fashion, trends. All this time and effort put in to something so fleeting when we could be holding hands with people we love, holding every stranger we meet in our hearts, exploring literature, walking barefoot, making midnight phonecalls because we miss somebody’s voice. I sometimes wish it were mandatory to be blindfolded for the first few weeks of a relationship. I am not talkin’ romantic here, just in general. We could judge people based on their minds, their thoughts, their ideas. Fall in love with their dreams, their laugh, their voice. Really, I think all of this petty, shallow bullshit would fall away. Can you imagine how much more beautiful someone would seem to you if you knew how amazing they were before you ever saw them? I wish that people would try harder to really see others. I am trying harder to be a good person and to really listen to people, really get to know who they are. I think everyone would be a whole lot happier if they got out of bed in the morning and decided to like everyone they saw, rather than be put off by everybody.

I mean, really. I will take a double chin and a sparkling laugh over designer leggings and a superiority complex, anyday. I will take thinning hair and great taste in music over social status and a sour expression. I want the real. I want the real beautiful. Shouldn’t everyone?