I think the most important thing is not to let yourself be manipulated by external influences. Beauty is fleeting, and we should focus on nurturing our inner selves – regardless of what the outside world demands and, above all, what influences it.
Our bodies will crumble to dust, but what remains is light or darkness, depending on what you have done with your soul.
For years, I was bedridden in conditioned self-denial due to the lies and deceptions of the prince of this world – I was living in death without really realising it... but God called me by name, and now I belong to him.