Are you vain?

We've all met people who seem to think they've been selected by the mirror on the wall as being the fairest of them all.

They often make an unduly favorable estimation of their looks, abilities or worth.
Their thinking is often reflected in their attitude towards others.
The people they meet may feel rejected and treated with disdain, arrogance or contempt.

Do you try to achieve beauty artificially, by wearing or relying on:

Does your beauty put you in a special class?
Do you treat others with hauteur?
Do you shut people out?

Primates spend hours, every day, grooming themselves and others.

Being watchful of one's appearance is at the basis of social living.

Some daily activities, such as taking a bath or a shower, washing your hair, brushing your teeth, combing your hair, ... cannot be considered as vain.

In fact, personal hygiene is an essential part of living in society and people who are too careless about themselves are rejected.

Individuals who take care of their appearance are better accepted by others. They also attract more mates.

Clothes are a great human invention when they are worn to protect oneself against the elements.

It's a very different situation when they are used to embellish or to hide the body.

I can understand why people try to dissimulate an ugly body with beautiful clothes.

However, I don't think this way of acting makes sense.
It's like hiding the dirt beneath the carpet.

Work on yourself instead.

Be proud of your body, not of the junk you put over it.

Protecting and preserving what God has given you surely isn't vain.

Your skin is in such bad condition that only frequent and long-time treatments can cure it.

Grooming certainly takes time, but you are well rewarded for your efforts by public acceptance and pain-free well-being.

When someone is in pain and grooms for hours to find relief, no one can consider these actions as vain.

Grooming is a natural method of caring for your body that results in real well-being and beauty.