True Beauty

Not that I'm jealous of the quote or quote beautiful people, but I
wonder when it started. You know who decided who was beautiful and who
wasn't. The division exists till this day, but none of it makes sense.
I guess it began with a person deciding what they liked and wanted and
know what they didn't like and want. I mean how many times can you try
to focus on a person's character before looks come into play, but
that's the thing. Beauty, true beauty isn't skin deep. It goes further
than the surface looks. There's so much more to beauty than that. I
guess what I'm saying is that to only see beauty in looks isn't really
seeing beauty at all. People want to categorize it into so many things
and it's never fair doing that. Beauty needs to be accepted in all its
forms from physical to mental and especially emotional.

I was going say something along the lines of skin deep assessments is
more about being vain, but the truth of the matter is that being keyed
in on someone's looks isn't the only way to be vain. Of course, vain
isn't the right word because you're actually being shallow. When using
words such as vain or vanity that is usually applied to a person who is
pretty much self involved. I guess shallow would be more appropriate to
describe people who are keyed into specific things. However, that in it
self isn't a bad thing, but it's never really done in a positive manner
for the most part. While the attributes we seek may be positive it
blinds us to what's really out there and the people that get hurt in
the process, but when you set you're standards is it bad to set them
and remain firm or worse to fold. Sometimes we need to hold our ground,
but at the same time we need to be a little flexible. I know the things
I do, but even when I look at the appearance of someone I try to
observe that person and how they act. While being a loner in new places
sucks it gives you keen insight into the things that are happening
around, if you care to look and listen.

There are always plenty of things going on. You just have to know when
and where to watch. Some things you catch by accident and some things
you just watch for. Everyone has a story and if you're careful you may
catch a little part of it if you're lucky. I'm trying to think of ways
to describe it, but I think everyone knows what I mean. There's so much
going on all the time and we want to be apart of it, but sometimes to
appreciate the things we like most in life we should sit back and
watch. There'll always be a time to act, but it's not that often we sit
back and watch and I mean really watch. Most times we, myself included,
get caught up in the things going on wanting to be apart of it so bad
and sometimes we don't. Sometimes we get caught up in the things we're
doing that we don't see what's happening around us. So how does this
relate to the topic at hand, beauty? Simple, passing glances may blind
us to the truth of the matter and true beauty.

I can't say what true beauty is, but it isn't something that can be
described, not completely, because it's more of a feeling if anything.
True beauty isn't how someone looks, but the way they act and think. I
know that's along the lines of looking past the outside towards the
inside and it gets back to the shallow portions of a person, but that's
not the way I see it. Believe me I'm not expert, but to say beauty is
made up of one or two things is wrong, because it's not. To say that
beauty is skin deep is such a misconception if not a falsehood. It's a
common phrase, but perhaps it would be more appropriate and effective
if not trust if one said that person's beauty or idea of beauty is only
skin deep.

True beauty comes from being able to accept a person for who they are,
what they look like and their limitations. Recognizing a person's
beauty is never an easy thing to, because there are so many levels to
think about. So many factors that come into play. How does this person
act, seem, etc. Is this the true person or a fa?ade. That's where the
observation comes in. Many times you'll see that people have different
sides to themselves, but even in the different incarnations there's
always something genuine there about them. Not genuine in the "common"
sense of the word, but genuine meaning that's it's them. Somewhere in
the midst of actions and ramblings there I something that is uniquely
there that stands out.

At the same time, during these observations you'll see the person for
who they are and that part of them that keeps pulling you back to them
no matter what. The part that excites and intrigues you not to mention
drives you up the fucking wall. It's that part of them that fits and
doesn't fit. That part that always keeps them interesting yet it
flickers from time to time, standing out and sometimes covered. One
might say it's our living essence, but were far more conscious of this
part. This is something that we protect almost vehemently. The part
that we reveal to those who are close to s and deem worthy. If anything
it is the most fragile part of our ego and I would go as far to say its
part of our living essence yet as much as it stands out for those
interested enough to care, to see, and to understand. It's the part
that we seem to keep hidden for it is fragile and precious and always
needs to be nurtured. It is our true beauty.