Becoming Beautiful
Beauty is a
difficult topic to cover. It’s been said to be in the eye of the beholder, but
I’ve come to see that Beauty is in the heart of the beautiful.
Beauty is
defined mathematically as symmetry, balance and harmony. Webster’s defines it as
“The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure
to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.
”
Beauty then,
is a subjective interpretation of a thing or person by a thing or person that
may or may not see themselves as beautiful. Do you see where I’m going?
We have
bought into an industry that makes a living by making us all believe that we could
be beautiful if only our breasts were bigger, our nose and hips were smaller; skin
lighter, abs tighter, hair longer, teeth whiter, lashes longer and everything (except
those breasts) were much, much smaller.
On the wall
of my bathroom, I’ve hung a picture of myself when I was 20. I was beautiful.
The picture is not there to remind me of how beautiful I was. It’s there to remind me that I did not know,
accept or believe that I was beautiful.
Now, at age
55, I see the beauty in that 20 year old. When I look into the sad eyes of that
young woman, she implores me to know that I am beautiful right now.
Beauty is as
it believes. Choose to know that you already are beautiful, right now; as you
are today.
My beauty is
not determined by the industry that enslaves me. The slaver will not determine
my score on a scale from one to ten.
I’m asking,
no imploring you to see your beauty.
Then I’d
like you to pass it on. Tell someone that they are beautiful. Tell an older
woman, and a young child. Tell this truth to the world.
See yourself
as beautiful, and you will see the world that way too.
Be you, be well, Be
beautiful. Because you already are.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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