This past week, my 99-year old grandmother was crowned the Queen of her assisted care living facility. That’s right, this beautiful elder won her beauty pageant! As I go about trying to clean up my eating and become (re)dedicated to physical activity attending her pageant was just the right medicine to keep me motivated but also to allow me to step back and see just what kind of beauty I truly seek for myself.
I was reminded, watching her and the other women making their way across the “stage,” that true beauty is marked by one’s service to his/her families, commitment to excellence, and to grace and dignity. Beauty is NOT inherently linked to one’s waist or bust size, nor to the length of one’s hair or the color of one’s skin. No. True beauty is the mark of one’s character.
This is not to say that one cannot , or should not, seek to beautify their exterior Self. However, if that individual does not also invest in the beautification of their inner Self , then the outer will matter nil. Further, if a potential mate values the outer over the inner, then that mate’s worth needs to be questioned.
I am convinced that when we live in accordance with our Higher Selves—that is the part of us intimately related to Spirit—then we are indeed beauty personified. And that kind of beauty, my friends, doesn’t require a sash or roses to be rewarded. Our daily lives become more beautiful when we celebrate the beauty of just being whom and what we have been made to be.
So, this week, as I meet with my trainer and shop at the farmer’s market, I will also be sure to create and implement some beautification rituals that will work on the “real” me too—the one that has to be experienced to truly be seen.
Here’s to manifesting beauty!
Peace, Love, and Light,
tdp
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