Thursday, 13 June 2013

What is Beauty

Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? It depends on who is holding the eye I guess... In every culture, beauty means something different. In Japan, pale skin is desired. It's represents your status. The more pale, the more wealthy. Japanese women that are tan are considered lower class.

This schoonheidssalon utrecht seems to be most recognizable in small children and older women - they seem to simply delight in the wonder of being alive. This kind of beauty is not the same thing as confidence. It's more like being completely at ease with yourself, with your opinions, your body and your life. With this ease of being, it's more likely that you will move with a kind of grace and full presence.

Though young children express this ease with youthful vigor, I am particularly drawn to the beautiful ease of being that shows up in mature women. I'm thinking of two of my friends, Bee and Anna. These women are perhaps the most beautiful women I've ever seen. They would both likely turn a lovely shade of red upon hearing this and wonder about my eyesight. Nonetheless, their beauty carries the joys and pains of a life well lived. My mother was also this kind of beauty.

Living with ease of being doesn't mean making choices based on guilt or worry. Choices are more likely made from a place of peace or love. This kind of living beauty is infused with an easy acceptance of the ups and downs of life free from the ideas of how life SHOULD be.

What if our beauty had nothing to do with what is on the outside at all? What if the beauty on the inside is what made the outside beautiful?

We've all met THAT girl. You know the one that is so gorgeous. Everyone wants her hair, skin and figure. She has one glaring flaw though... she's a mean girl! Her nasty attitude doesn't change the fact that she has perfect skin, but image how much MORE she could be if she had inner beauty? Imagine how beautiful she would be if she put others before herself once in awhile? What if she could have the best of both worlds... Outer and Inner beauty!

The truth is, outer beauty will fade. Yep it's true. No one escapes aging. Some are able to delay it, but no one escapes Father Time. Once our outer beauty fades, what do you have left? Who do you want to be when you are 85? An old, wrinkled mean girl? Or a beautiful woman who still shines bright from the inside?
Shine bright in someone's life today. Your beauty makes the world a better place. Make a commitment to let your light shine today!

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