you made me feel beautiful

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” -Maryanne Williams

“The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.”

“It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.”

“You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her”

“People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.”- Salma Hayek

When you think of beauty what comes to mind? In a world full of Tyra Banks, Giseles, and Halle Berrys, its hard to think of anything else but superficial beauty. The way someone dresses or looks is what defines beauty to most of the population today. I can tell you many reasons why i don't agree. You will pass by the most beautiful girls and guys on the street without even knowing if beauty is is simply outward appearance. The most gorgeous of girls who gets all the guys might not be the most beautiful girl in the room. But I want to ask this question: How will you know how beautiful someone is without talking to them, listening to them, or laughing with them?

Beauty to me is of the heart. You don't have to necessarily agree with me, but this is my definition of beauty. Outward appearance will fade over time, but one thing that will always last is a beautiful heart.

Maybe it is a little optimistic of me to think in this way. But i do think that some people aren't beautiful inside. To me pretty isn't just looks, pretty isn't just clothes, pretty isn't just facial features or someone's body shape. Pretty to me doesn't have to be gorgeous. Pretty to me is skin deep. I don't like to judge people by their outward appearance because a lot of the people I've met who is "cute"/"gorgeous"/"hot"/"sexy" are cocky and think that the world revolves around them. on top of that, their definition of beauty is outward appearance alone.

So i want to challenge people to open up your eyes. Before you judge someone by their appearance. Question who they are as a person. You will be surprised with the results.