Nobody Wants Perfect, Flaws are Beautiful You Are Made Entirely Of Flaws And That’s What Makes You Beautiful

This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. Continue reading about this phrase here . The meaning behind this phrase is that beauty is subjective. A simple definition of subjective is relating to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind; based on feelings or opinions rather than facts. There's a movie that is a great portrait of this phrase...

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.   Maya Angelou The butterfly only becomes beautiful in the confines of a cocoon.  We tend to forget that.  We tend to forget that it was wrapped up and underwent a metamorphosis that ushered in its beauty.  But it's the only way. And so it is with us.  Within the confines of painful and altering situations we undergo a metamorphosis that ushers in our own beauty (yes even you men!).  But just like with the butterfly we tend to forget that.  We forget that it is through the refining process that we become beautiful in character.  It is in that cocoon-type process that we shed the things that hold us back from being free to fly.  Tough things have a way of removing whatever is in the way of our freedom to be who we are. What would happen if caterpillars refused to enter their cocoon?  We would have no butterflies. ...

Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. Saul Bellow Just when we think the ugly can't get any uglier beauty intrudes.  Sometimes in the most blunt of ways and other times in the most graceful of ways.  But beauty is the great intruder into our ugly.  Life includes both beauty and ugly and usually a perfect balance of the two.  Why?  Because without a balance of the two we would topple.   Without the ugly we would live in a utopia like state, forgetting the need of people, forgetting that we can extend beyond ourselves to walk alongside our fellow mankind.  Too much ugly, however, keeps us in a pit of despair.  So we need the beauty.  We need the beauty to balance out all the ugly.   The intruder beauty can manifest in a multitude of ways.  A bright smile in the middle of a trash heap in a third-world country.  A colorful flower popped up out of a famine parched land.  Handing a bag of food items and hy...

There is beauty in simplicity.   Unknown Today I'm working on this quote in my home.  I'm constantly saying "less is more" and working at making that happen in my life.  So today I'm looking around my home and evaluating what more can I get rid of, that is unnecessary, to bring simplicity and therefore more beauty into our home and more importantly our lives.  Sometimes simplifying for me means I have to be realistic about what I have time for in my life.  Like a few years ago I had to face facts about my desires to scrapbook.  I hadn't in a long time and I knew that, realistically, I wouldn't be able to for years to come.  So I simplified by making the painful decision (and it was painful to the creative part of me!) to get rid of my scrapbooking supplies and make some room in my life for things that I would still have time for (still creative things just not scrapbooking). By simplifying we bring beauty in to our lives.  It's s...

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.   Hazrat Inayat Khan Would you believe I think this is one of the most beautiful places in the world?  Oh sure it has it's ugly spots, it has its dark places, it has its grief but it also has great beauty.  Why in the world do I think that?  Why do I look at this and long to be there?  Because some of the people who live in this slum in East Africa (Mathare Valley, Kenya) have made this place beautiful.  They have walked in the dark places, they have touched the ugly spots, they have grieved with the sad and they have introduced beauty to the inhabitants of this place.  They looked for a beautiful place in this valley and couldn't find it so instead of moving on they began to introduce beauty.  They didn't give up on this place or it's people, they worked - they are still working! - to bring beauty and make it beautiful.   Can't find the beautiful place...

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady.   Marilyn Monroe Too bad most women, and young ladies, don't think this quote by Monroe is true these days.   Except that it is.   Women of all ages - please please please respect yourselves enough to dress to be a woman and not a fill in the blank with your word of choice . And you know what I mean. Think about a woman you've seen recently that has been wearing too little and it has been too tight.  First thoughts about her?  About her self-worth?  About the kind of life choices she makes? Now think about a woman you've sen recently that has been wearing age appropriate and body size appropriate.  First thoughts about her?  About her self-worth?  About the kind of choices she makes? True that may be judging but we tend to dress according to what we believe about ourselves.  Really.  And if we don't take those thoughts down a...

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.  For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.   Audrey Hepburn Love  this.  LOVE IT!  Today's quote is some of the best beauty advice one will ever receive.  True beauty comes from the inside.  On hard days I have a harder time applying these tips, depending on the situation.  So I am reminded today to continue to be mindful of my application of beauty.  For example, it isn't words of kindness if I include a "but" (negative) with it.  Then it just becomes lipstick on my teeth or a really bad color for me to wear.  You catch my drift I'm sure.  :)   So today as you are preparing for your day, doing your grooming, just remember what kind of beauty lasts with others.