there's always the definition in the dictionary to begin...
beau·ty: The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality.
(from http://www.thefreedictionary.com)
Everyone yearns to be beautiful (especially women). Based on society/culture's perception at the time, certain traits/qualities are more desirable than others. Often the yearning to be beautiful is for the wrong kind of beauty!
The reason of why this subject is on my heart I am not certain,
but I have been paying particular attention
to how and why
judgments of
beauty
come to be...
Some random quotes still ringing in my ear from this week...
"She's too pretty for him."
"She doesn't turn him on anymore."
"Do I look pretty in this?"
about those hows and whys:
the eyes-- when i concentrate on perceiving beauty through the four other senses just as much as i judge beauty through sight, i discover beauty overflowing in family, friends, and in our world!
beauty does give pleasure... beauty in aromas, beauty in textures, beauty in taste, beauty in sounds...
and beauty in Truth. the Truth that Divinity is dwelling in everything and in everyone.
I am beautiful!-- makeup, wardrobe, shoes, hairstyle, white teeth, smooth skin, and thin waist aside...
I want to be beautiful
to someone who is blind.
I want to be beautiful
to an animal who can sense kindness and love.
I want to be beautiful
to my Creator, who judges not with human eyes,
but with the eyes of pure Love & Light.
i will find the beauty in life today, and i will not look for it in magazines, ads, commercials, or movies.
i will find it in the very Light&Love
that Creator placed
in All There Is.
Namaste.