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Le agradezco a mi amiga Bea que me hiciera llegar este vídeo que me estremeció, por la belleza de la letra y la sencillez de las imágenes. Gracias, Doñita.

Hoy traigo un post diferente. Igualmente quiero invitarte a pensar en algunas cosas conmigo; pero hoy voy a hacerlo de otra manera. A ver qué te parece.

Lo que traigo hoy es una canción para invitarte a reflexionar. La canción se titula Try, y la intérprete es Colbie Caillat, una cantante de pop y country. Mira el vídeo, por favor, y después seguimos.

Put your make-up on

Get your nails done

Curl your hair

Run the extra mile

Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on

Don't be shy, girl

Take it off

This is what you want, to belong, so they like you

Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to, give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

Yooou don't have to try

Oooh

Oooh

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards

You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you

Do they like you?

Wait a second,

Why, should you care, what they think of you

When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?

Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to, give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to bend until you break

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

Yooou don't have to try

Oooh

Oooh

You don't have to try so hard

You don't have to, give it all away

You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up

You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try, try, try, try

You don't have to try

You don't have to try

Take your make-up off

Let your hair down

Take a breath

Look into the mirror, at yourself

Don't you like you?

Cause I like you

Ahora que has visto el vídeo, y has leído la letra, ¿con qué te quedas? Yo me quedo con la pregunta:

Cuando estás a solas, contigo misma, ¿te gustas?

 Tendemos a agradar. Y a veces, hacemos cosas y usamos cosas que no nos gustan solo por agradar a los demás o "porque lo dicta la moda". Pero ¿y cuando estamos a solas? ¿Nos gustamos? 

¿Estamos a gusto con lo que queda debajo de las capas de maquillaje, las extensiones, las uñas postizas, el pelo planchado y las pelucas? ¿Estamos cómodas y somos capaces de reconocernos bellas sin accesorios?

Ésta es otra de las cosas que intento transmitir desde mi blog y también desde este blog; éstas son las reflexiones que te invito a hacer. Está bien que nos maquillemos, que usemos accesorios, pero está bien si estamos convencidas de que lo hacemos poniéndonos a nosotras por delante, no a los demás. 

Al final, e igual que en mi última publicación, seguimos hablando de la propia aceptación.

No nos esclavicemos. No hagamos cosas con las que no nos sentimos a gusto solo por obtener la aprobación de los gurús de la moda, de la gente ajena. 

Esta canción es una oda a la belleza real, a la belleza desacomplejada. A la naturalidad. A sentirte cómoda y bella en tu propia piel, tal como tú eres, con los adornos mínimos.

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