Monday, 14 April 2014

THE TRUE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY

The sight of the sun emerging from the horizon is breathtaking. The vastness of nature in the wild, the trees, the flowers, the birds, the ocean and its creatures, are far beyond any perfect description. It’s all absolutely beautiful. Beauty is a relative adjective with many saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.

As human beings, we love to associate with all that pleases the eye and most of the time; we tend to only focus on the outward appearance. The media and most beauty professionals usually give the idea that beauty is what is seen on the exterior. This is misleading and deceptive. Someone can have an appealing appearance on the outside but then this might just be all. The beauty on the exterior is just a plus, but then what really is true beauty?

Many of us, especially the ladies, take a lot of time to enhance our appearance in order to look attractive. This can be achieved through various kinds of beauty treatments such as facials, pedicure, manicure, visiting the salon and dressing fashionably. All these will definitely produce stunning results making one to step out looking all glamorous. However, is that all you need to be truly beautiful?

We are wired to be attracted to beauty but then, we need to be careful in identifying true beauty. Outward
beauty easily fades away. It never lasts. True beauty comes from the inside. For one to be truly beautiful, they have to exhibit the same, right from the heart, to the soul and to the mind. A loving heart, a friendly personality and a positively thoughtful mind all add up to a beautiful character which will definitely show on the outside through actions and even speech. Now this is it. True beauty not only pleases the eye but the heart as well. It is always disappointing to see a good looking visage with contrary character.

Therefore, to sum it all up, don’t just work on enhancing your exterior alone, let the inner you be beautiful as well.