Our Unfairly Concealed Beauty: Melanie Lachance

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Many people in the world believe that their weaknesses are the cause of their deepest fear. What they are unaware of however, is that the thing that scares us the most is actually the act of expressing our uniquenesses. In the quote titled «Our Deepest Fear», written by Marianne Williamson, these statements characterize its global meaning; which is that we shouldn’t be afraid to express who we are. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Unfortunately, most of the time we feel the need to hide the best elements of our personality. Our beauty is what we fear the most because we are afraid of making others feel unworthy. The quote consists of a saying from Marianne Williamson, explaining that there is nothing good about hiding the finest parts of yourself to protect people around you from feeling insecure. In reality, we all have the right to let our beauty be seen. These diverse qualities in everyone should be appreciated, and not hidden because "Your playing small does not serve the world."(Williamson). This line from the quote really connected to a realization I had as a child. It refers to the fact that a person is not improving society by hiding their potential inside themselves that could be shining bright. I connect to this because I used to try to fail in school as a young child in order to escape being myself. I was scared that others around me would become jealous. I later on realized that playing small prevented me from discovering all of my capabilities. Society's branded social groups unfairly define what should and shouldn't be accepted. Other teenagers relate to this as well, since most of us feel the need to hide our greatnesses. The truthfulness about these aspects of life is well demonstrated in a particular image where a girl is holding a mask displaying a symbol of inner light restraint. She is hiding behind the image of herself perceived by society. The fear she carries to withhold her full personality isn't serving the world, as nobody can actually realize her potentially hidden life-changing qualities. This signifies that we should never under any circumstances; shrink ourselves down to anything less than who we are, because we are all perfectly different. Nobody should be afraid to reveal their true selves to society.