Beauty. Not material, fake tan, bleached teeth, highlighted hair, "beauty", but real, natural, imperfect beauty.
Beauty is defined as "a quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind". Nowhere in that definition is the word "appearance".
So why does being beautiful have a connection to whether or not someone dresses up nice? I don't know how the word got to that point, but I choose to reverse history's damage and see beauty as something else.
It is a quality. A quality of what? Of ANYTHING. Any laugh, any passion, any smile, any horizon. Anything has beauty potential. Anything that is nurtured and grown and loved will shine with beauty. Anything that is given antiquate attention and love will find beauty unknown.
Think about it. Pregnant women are beautiful because they are nurtured, they have a purpose, they are confident. Mountains and oceans are beautiful because they were perfectly blue-printed and laid out by our Creator with a purpose of giving us "I love you" presents when we just look outside.
A flower that is neglected and unfed will become shriveled and ugly. A flower that is watered and given sun will bloom in beauty.
With all things there is the ugly possibility. Any situation can go bad. Any natural park can be destroyed.
With all things there is the beauty possibility. Any situation can go well. Any natural park can be pruned into endless beauty.
The beauty option is a choice. It is a choice to live in confidence. A choice to open yourself and shine in your vulnerability and honesty. A choice to be who you will be before taking into consideration the opinions of others.
With real beauty there is not pressure to be perfect. There is not pressure to be the best or to shine the brightest.
There is simply yourself. Others opinions, looks, actions DO NOT MATTER.
True beauty does not strive to be more than lives in confident contempt.
It is raw. It is real. It is imperfect. It is who you are without any forewarnings or barriers. It is you.
The beauty option is a choice. It is a choice of confidence and individuality. I choose the beauty option.
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