Beautiful People

Ok so I've been slacking on blogging because really I've been doing so much and haven't had time to focus on me or reflect, but I thought this topic would help me ease back into things...

So I always hear the word beutiful.

"You are so beautiful!"

                         "Thats such a beautiful person right there"

"He's beautiful inside and out"

                          "You've got a beautiful soul"

But I really wanted to know what people saw as beautiful because all this beauty talk is starting to get me confused. Is it the inside? What about the inside makes you beautiful? Is it the outside, that face, high cheekbones, the figure, natural, weaved out, what?

So I just posted the question as the question of the day on my blackberry Messenger and here are a few comments I got.

"Hey...my concept of beauty will be simple and confident...lol...
I think its more of a personal definitionof what I'll call simple in looks...some people do a great job pulling off some really complex looks lol, but striking beauty for me would be simple and confident(for looks) for any other things, hum, simplicity still appeals the most to me"
-Anonymous Female, Lagos

"Beauty is peacefull. Nice hearted inside and out, not fake"
-Anonymous Male, Philadelphia

"My definition of beauty is being able to use resources given to you and channeling them [for] a greater good"
-Anonymous Female, Bay Area

"Ambition, the God in her, personality, mentality, and of course Looks:)"
-Anonymous Male, Boston

"Personality! A cute person with no character is ugly... Looks fade but personaility is long lasting"
-Anonymous Male, New Jersey

"I can date a guy who looks like eye candy, but I can't let him be the father of my kids. No way, that's a deal breaker. Most of my real relationships have been with someone I clicked with mentally and not based just on looks. Looks to me are beauty, but to be a beautiful person is so much more"
-Anonymous Female, Michigan

"U really wanna know? A big kondo, fat pockets, and model looks. Lol just kidding, beauty 2 me is ones ability to be selfless and think outside themselves. A caring man is the sweetest. Confidence is also beautiful. His faith in God too. And his calming nature"
-Anonymous Female, Philadelphia


"Beauty has to be natural and come from within, and not forced or manufactured. Women I think are beautiful e.g. Kerry Washington, Mrs Huxtible"
-Anonymous Male, New Jersey

So basically the common denominator is that it's not physical looks that define beauty but the inner parts of a person, their kindness, calm, natural, sweet natured, and loving spirit. Thats deep.

So then WHY are people putting so much stock on physical looks? Why are we going out of our way to make people who dont have high cheek bones or are not tall n slender with a badunka feel bad? All God created is beauty. Let recognize that we are all perfectly human, created by the Lord for a purpose and that this looks and flesh will not follow us into heaven, will not get us into the gates of heaven. My rihanna weave wont give me extra favor. lol ok that was a joke. but lets be real.

Next time you see a guy you think is cute walking with a girl you think is 'ugly' and ask 'ewww why is he with her" stop and think to yourself that she's got a man, she has been blessed with and you are pining over him manless because God dont like 'ugly'! The type of ugly that rots you on the inside.

Anyway on that note, I'm off to work on my beauty... aka off to make myself a better person.