“A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind ofbeauty no matter what she wears.” ~Anne Roiphe
“In so much as love grows in you,so in you beauty grows.”
~St. Augustine
Beauty is
a cultural agreement of what physical traits are most desirable. To
evaluate yourself on external criteria that are beyond your control
is to sentence yourself to a life of trying to mold yourself into an
ideal of what is currently considered beautiful. This type of
behavior reinforces low self-worth by repeating thoughts that you are
not good enough the way you are. It drives people to have unnecessary
cosmetic surgery and to develop hate for their own natural physical
characteristics.
Real
beauty comes in all shapes, ages, colors, cultures, and every other
variety imaginable. There is nothing more attractive than
self-confidence mixed with compassion, or a warm, authentic smile.
Realize that beautiful
isn’t an adjective but an action verb. It is an expression of
being. Act beautiful by being loving and compassionate. Act beautiful
by being an expression of joy to those around you. Be an example to
others. Stop trying to mold yourself into the media’s idea of
beauty and embrace your own beautiful traits as the uniqueness that
is part of what makes you you. Real beauty comes from within.
Even those
of us who have fended off the peer pressure of culturally conforming
to current beauty standards can be surprisingly affected by loss of
youth. You may feel less than you used to be because the years have
etched a few lines on your face or you no longer have the body of a
twenty-year-old. Real beauty comes from the charisma and radiance of
self-confidence and inner joy. It never matters how old you are. Age
is a number. The higher the number, the more you have experienced and
the wiser you become. Don’t let growing older be a cause of
distress. Let each year be a badge of honor you display gracefully.
(And remember to stretch!)
Fluffy or
thin, old or young, wrinkle free or etched to perfection, love
yourself. You are perfectly beautiful just the way you are!
Lesson:
Realize
that beautiful
isn’t an adjective but an action verb. It is an expression of
being.
Exercise:
Make a
list of what makes you beautiful as a person. Start each sentence
with “I am beautiful …”
Examples:
I
am beautiful when I help others.
I
am beautiful when I smile.
I
am beautiful when I play with my dog.
I
am beautiful when I embrace who I am with love.
Realize
that beautiful isn’t an adjective but an action verb. It is an
expression of being. Be real. Be beautiful.
Beautiful indeed!
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