What is Real?

I saw this at Trendhunter (make sure to view the video)

"The Dove Real Beauty campaign has released a new video which is absolutely awesome. It fast forwards through the evolution of beauty by starting with a real woman and transforming her into a billboard. If you'’ve ever wondered how much work goes into preparing a model for a photoshoot, and then how much photoshop happens after, this video displays it all. This is video is required watching."



Of course this video reminds every woman in the world, as well as every man, that what we see in the media is totally skewed when it comes to the perception of beauty. But as I viewed the video, I thought through all the messages that I receive from the world and culture around me, and how they skew my sense of reality. The world tells me that I am unhappy, "until I buy this or that". The world tells me that this is all there is, so I might as well live for the moment. The world tells me that my own personal peace and pleasure is the most important, so if something is too hard or difficult, like a marriage, than I should just give up and move on. Since you and I are constantly inundated with tons and tons of messages which skew reality and truth, how much more important that we feed on and digest God's truth.