No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.

It is very worrying to me that our society is so hung up on what is "artificial" and not what is natural.

Today's society is overrun with individuals who are obsessed with the way they look. When I say this, you may think that I am only referring to women. Of course, the majority of people obsessed may tend to be women, but more and more men are jumping on the vanity bandwagon.It's particularly worrying that people who are judged to be attractive are generally attributed more positive characteristics than those who are seen to be unattractive. This is very true in modern politics and is a very worrying trait. People voted for Nick Clegg because he was cute, David Cameron because he was posh and looked smart in a suit. Please don't doubt this because I know and know of people who's reasons were those.

What if say, Dennis Healey knew the answers to our present economic crisis? He's old, outspoken and not by any means cute. Or 'Ming' Campbell, when leader of the Liberal Democrats was derided for being old and quietly well spoken. If he was 35, tall, commanding and 'cute', the Lib Dems would be our government now.

On another track, I've personally seen people promoted ahead of me and others in a professional capacity because they are attractive. I hasten to add, not in my present employment! To take a case in point, a colleague of mine, male, I'd say about my level on the attractive scale (I'd say 2/3 out of 10), applied for a position and was qualified, and so everyone thought, perfect for the role. Yet his opposition was an extremely pretty, flirty young girl, not qualified or respected by the staff. The interviewer was a 30-something male. Guess who got the job? Aesthetics and using sexuality to get a job.

This sounds like sour grapes from one of the 'ugly brigade' but I assure you it isn't. If you are the right person for the job, position or just the right potential partner, it shouldn't matter whether you are attractive physically or not. If you are attractive and right for the role and the lesser attractive person is not right, the attractive person should succeed.

Intelligence, personality, wit, trustworthiness, compassion, fun and kindness should be what matters, not if your nose is the right shape or if you have big ears or a tummy.....