VANITY according to Microsoft Word Dictionary means:
1. excessive pride, especially in personal appearance.
2. something somebody is vain about.
3. futility
4. something futile.
Also, according to Microsoft Word Thesaurus, the word vanity is associated to the following terms:
pride, narcissism, self-importance, conceit, arrogance, egotism and airs.
after finding all of these out, one word enetered my mind -- "ouch!" e kasi naman, i will be the worst hypocrite in town if i would say that i am not vain, because i am. :(
Girls take the majority of the members of the Vanity club. But i wont deny that i've met a fair number of vain gentlemen. Ang sagwa nga e. But then, girl or boy, it doesnt matter coz we all belong to the same fair. we are vain.
I have had plenty of time this vacation to reflect on a lot of stuffs in my life, and the most recent that i've reflect upon was about this. And i've realized that if i could not totally isolate myself from excessive vanity, the least that i could do is to avoid and lessen it.
Why?
"Vanity is not a crime"-- a well-agreed statement from someone i know. But excessive vanity, is an oh-no for my Family. It's not wrong, but i so well doubt that excessive love for one's self does not glorify God. It doesnt make Him happy. Jesus did the most selfless act so that I could be saved so why should I, a child of God, be so self-centered?
Rice crisis, energy crisis, inflation, global warming, corruption, poverty alleviation. Relative to these problems, my worries about my dry hair is evidently nonsense. I feel so stupid fussing about it. Ofcourse i dont have to be a total environmentalist-slash-activist and forget about myself but i do need to stop being self-centered.
Too much pride for one's appearance is pride per se. Hadn't Jesus taught us how to be humble? Whatever God has blessed us with, we do not have to over-flaunt it. We are not here to please the world. It's God that we ought to please.
I've spent seventeen long years focusing on myself. I've wasted too much time and money for no one but moi, and i just cant live like this anymore. I've exerted way too much effort living up to the standards of this world, spent too much time pleasing people, and now i say, "I'M DONE WITH THIS."
It's time to live the rest of my life for God. I dont belong in this ruined, sunken, fallen world. This body that i've taken too much care of will eventually fade, wilt and die. God has stored nothing but the best in eternity, and that's what i look forward to!
And if someone will say to me, "you're so vain!", i am looking forward to a time that i could proudly answer, "i am not vain! but yeah, i was."
1. excessive pride, especially in personal appearance.
2. something somebody is vain about.
3. futility
4. something futile.
Also, according to Microsoft Word Thesaurus, the word vanity is associated to the following terms:
pride, narcissism, self-importance, conceit, arrogance, egotism and airs.
after finding all of these out, one word enetered my mind -- "ouch!" e kasi naman, i will be the worst hypocrite in town if i would say that i am not vain, because i am. :(
Girls take the majority of the members of the Vanity club. But i wont deny that i've met a fair number of vain gentlemen. Ang sagwa nga e. But then, girl or boy, it doesnt matter coz we all belong to the same fair. we are vain.
I have had plenty of time this vacation to reflect on a lot of stuffs in my life, and the most recent that i've reflect upon was about this. And i've realized that if i could not totally isolate myself from excessive vanity, the least that i could do is to avoid and lessen it.
Why?
"Vanity is not a crime"-- a well-agreed statement from someone i know. But excessive vanity, is an oh-no for my Family. It's not wrong, but i so well doubt that excessive love for one's self does not glorify God. It doesnt make Him happy. Jesus did the most selfless act so that I could be saved so why should I, a child of God, be so self-centered?
Rice crisis, energy crisis, inflation, global warming, corruption, poverty alleviation. Relative to these problems, my worries about my dry hair is evidently nonsense. I feel so stupid fussing about it. Ofcourse i dont have to be a total environmentalist-slash-activist and forget about myself but i do need to stop being self-centered.
Too much pride for one's appearance is pride per se. Hadn't Jesus taught us how to be humble? Whatever God has blessed us with, we do not have to over-flaunt it. We are not here to please the world. It's God that we ought to please.
I've spent seventeen long years focusing on myself. I've wasted too much time and money for no one but moi, and i just cant live like this anymore. I've exerted way too much effort living up to the standards of this world, spent too much time pleasing people, and now i say, "I'M DONE WITH THIS."
It's time to live the rest of my life for God. I dont belong in this ruined, sunken, fallen world. This body that i've taken too much care of will eventually fade, wilt and die. God has stored nothing but the best in eternity, and that's what i look forward to!
And if someone will say to me, "you're so vain!", i am looking forward to a time that i could proudly answer, "i am not vain! but yeah, i was."