Friday, 30 March 2018

Height Never Matters

✍ Shravani Prabhudesai

Every person wants good height and personality. Usually a good & enough height is associated with the look and personality of a person. It is generally seen in society that a taller person is given more preference over a short person in almost every field. So it is a common general desire of everyone to gain an impressive height. 

But it is not possible that everyone gain perfect height, body build, it is not in our hand, there are some people who feel embarrassed or bullying by others because of their height and other body shape issues. It is a serious issue to discuss and to understand what is most important for us.

The true height of a person is his or her character and deeds. Short height is usually seen as a negative factor. No one ever talks with a short men in a positive way. specially when people are aware of the fact that you are insecure about your height, only then they tease you.

Shortness in children and young adults nearly always results from many factor like - heredity, below-average growth in childhood, nature of work and play in childhood, hormonal imbalance like thyroid hormone while shortness in older adults usually results from loss of height due to kyphosis  of the spine (convex curvature of spine), or collapsed vertebrae from osteoporosis. Other some factors are race, geographical status, physical exercise, nutrition, stress, living standard, housing etc.

A person is  said to be short in medical terms if his height is less than 5ft 10 inches for males and 5ft 5inches for females.

Parents with slow-growing children often ask pediatricians for growth hormone to save their kids the indignity of being short. 
Here, I would like to mention about one of my friend who is short in height. She has an inferiority complex. She always feel  herself lonely in a group of  people. In reality, she is really beautiful  and is gifted with a sweet voice, but because of her short height she has a complex. She feels that tall people or people with normal height look good and beautiful.. Because of this, she never mix with people and always stay alone. She always feel embarrassed about it. We friends always try to convince her that, one’s stature is not something which one has control over. God doesn't give everything to everybody.

Get rid from height complexion :

Instead of thinking about your height and feeling bad about it, learn to appreciate other qualities in you. Never let your height define you. Height never affects your quality and talent, actual height of a person depend upon what he is.

Also, a  research suggests that short people live longer lives.

However, history has many examples that prove height has nothing to do with one’s abilities and success. A person of any height can win the world with his sheer talents and achievement.

Examples of people with short height:-

--Sachin Tendulkar – He is a very good and famous cricket player in India. He stands tall among his fellow cricketers with a height of 5 feet 5 inches. 

--Amir Khan - Aamir Khan is another Indian film actor, director, producer, and television presenter.

he stands tall at a height of 5 feet 6 inches. 


Other goodness is that, According to a survey, it is proved that being short carries a reduced risk of cancer. the taller you stand, the more likely you are to develop cancer

Being short means you're less likely to develop blood clots. Being short puts you at lower risk of heat exhaustion or sun stroke.

So always dream to be at the top of your work or deeds and not your height. Cultivate your gifts and don’t allow being short height keep you away from achieving your dreams. A person with good deeds and work is always remembered rather than a person with good looks.

 Shravani PrabhuDesai

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