I have a very difficult time with positive self image. On the inside I feel that I fall short so much of the time. I have been told that I am way too hard on myself but this is something that is very difficult for me to change. And what is even harder for me to deal with is when people make comments about the way I look on the outside and that I should be thankful. Looking a certain way on the outside has nothing to do with the way a person feels on the inside and society just doesn't seem to "get" this. I'm reminded of a poem by Yeats, which I can't remember the title of at the moment but in this poem, Yeats is basically saying that producing something beautiful is not easy (in my case a beautiful self-image inside). Yet, the modern world of Yeats, like ours, with its emphasis on financial success and advancement believes beauty to be easy and natural. Beauty has the curse of looking easy. That is, I suppose, part of the beauty of beauty. Beauty cannot be coerced, it can only be brought out. Society has no concept of the true nature of beauty.