“True Beauty is when I suddenly notice how full the world is of astonishing images…the print the fallen autumn leaves make on the pavement that reflects the print life is leaving on my soul as I walk deeper into the years… Beauty is exchanging that smile of complicity with strang…ers on the street – yeah, we are all here, and we’re making it happen – every day, we live…we walk, eat, read, sit, sleep, share, are silent…we drink water that fans out through the amazing network of our bodies bringing us into alignment with all the waters everywhere – from the sea depths to the dew to the snow falling on the mountain tops…all that is in us, how can we not be BEAUTIFUL?
So – look at the adverts that try and press us into insignificant and superficial moulds…look at them with interest, as we can’t avoid them, and see how a civilization is trying to maintain a slippery hold on our becoming – trying to grasp us and make us shrink with fear, look at each other with competitive and s…caled eyes – never good enoughand then shake it off – knowing that we are part of a miracle, everyday – we ourselves ARE the miracle.
Perfectly imperfect beauty is loving what is – breath, words, twigs, the hard hats of building constructors, red fire engines, bicycles, my own two legs that do the job well, my faithful body that is here everyday when I wake up – ready to carry me into the new experience of a new day. My body likes that – being apprec…iated for the work it’s doing all the time, mysteriously, way beyond what I can understand…so intelligent, and happy to know its appreciated. And if ever one feels ‘not enough’ of something, not beautiful, slender, white-teethed or shiny haired for example, let it go and look for what is good – that I HAVE teeth, hair..and eyes to see the world. GO take a walk in a park and see how nature glories in every moment – we are part of nature, part of the glory of being physical, human beings with minds, hearts and souls…Appreciate that. That is where TRUE BEAUTY lies – that’s what I think.” -M.E.
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