Truely Beautiful

I watched a program on aging the other day. It was about beauty and how to look younger. I was a bit miffed by it. It didn’t really highlight anything but Botox and facelifts. They talked about unnatural ways to stay and look younger. Whatever happened to a more enlightened discussion about one’s inner beauty and the light that shines from within? I was hoping for a lively discussion of how aging gracefully is better than artificially changing one’s self. Isn’t what’s inside of us more important in the overall scheme of things? In our society, I think not. We look at the wrinkles on the aging faces and sagging body parts, not the beauty of the soul.

We usually do not fall in love with just a face or just a body. We fall in love with the whole person. The same goes for falling out of love as well. How many people have fallen out of love with someone because they were not the person that they thought they were? That doesn’t just refer to them getting wrinkles and loosing their looks. Of course there are those people who fall out of love because their partner is too fat or looks older. But aren’t those people somewhat narcissistic anyway?

Some of the prettiest people are ugly inside. They are so self absorbed that they ignore the rest of us and others in need. Some of these pretty people will spend their last dime for the latest designer wear, but never think once to give to charity. Charity begins where the heart is. Uplifting others is just as important as uplifting ourselves.

Doesn’t real beauty come first from the inside? Of course it does. It comes from what’s inside your heart and the good that you do. Would someone like Princess Diana have been so loved by millions, had she not been the caring person that she was? I wonder. The most beautiful people I can think of were Gandhi and Mother Theresa for their lives of loving, selfless acts. They lifted people’s lives.

A truly beautiful person is more beautiful on the inside than the outside. It doesn’t take a lot for it to be seen. Anyone of us can do it. Through simple acts of kindness and generosity, the beauty inside will radiate out of us. Your inner beauty enhances your outer beauty. I admire the people who use their wealth and celebrity to help others. Nothing says they have to. It is their soul’s direction to better our world.

Good health habits and a life helping to rid the world of poverty, strife and trying to make it cleaner and safer for future generations, are keys to inner beauty. Religious beliefs and spiritual pursuits practiced in a positive manner also uplift. One does not need to be religious however, to help others; one just has to do it with a generous heart. Healthy practices help to beautify us from within. Combine all of these things and we are the embodiment of what aging gracefully and beautifully truly is. Being the best person that we can be is more important, than being the most beautiful.