One of the blessings Iāve had in life is skin sensitive enough that using cosmetics of any kind is sort of like playing russian roulette. My skin reacts to a lot of substances. Iāve learned over the years itās better to avoiding using them than to pay the price with outbreaks and inflammation.
Even sweat on a metal watch band is something I have to avoid if I donāt want big ugly, weeping sores to develop. I got used to the idea of what nature served me up, was what I got. No makeup was going to be adding anything to it.
Having internalized that understanding I often found it fascinating watching beautiful young women feeling driven to āget prettyā with makeup. Like so many, they also believed ābeauty is only skin deepā.
Beauty goes much deeper than that and it starts with love. Love first of self. Not in the vain sort of āIām better than anyoneā sense. Itās a love cultivated from within yourself, it radiates outward, manifesting as beauty in all you do and say.
Not skin deep beauty. Itās a reflection of the beauty of the soul. A deeper lasting beauty.
The love powering that beauty has the power to transform and uplift. When we are filled with love, we are more patient, kind, and understanding towards others. We are more inclined to forgive and to seek reconciliation rather than hold grudges. We are more open to experiencing joy and happiness. We are more able to spread these positive emotions to those around us.
But love is not just a feeling. It is also an action. Actions always count.
Love is the deliberate choice to put the well-being and happiness of others before our own. It is the decision to extend compassion and empathy, even when it is difficult or inconvenient. It is the willingness to serve and to give of ourselves selflessly.
Humans have an almost default position to be on the negative side of the equation. Compassion and empathy has to be deliberately formed as a part of our being. It takes work and self-awareness. Itās a crop worth tending, love and empathy.
If weāre raised in a loving home, the seeds of love and empathy are planted ready for fertilizing and nurturing throughout our adult life. If weāre raised in a chaotic home, we have to become aware enough to plant and nurture those seeds into maturity.
As we cultivate love within ourselves, we are not only able to bring more beauty into the world, but we also experience the benefits of love firsthand.
When we love ourselves and others, we feel more fulfilled and satisfied. We are more resilient and able to weather the challenges that life throws our way. And we find that our relationships with others are deeper and more meaningful.
All too often we truly do go looking for both love and beauty in different places. The wrong places. Learn to look inward and find those seeds of love that blossoms forth with its own deeply rooted beauty.
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Thank you @thealliance and @enginewitty for the shout-out. I have been so off the radar. Trying to keep up with this "off-the-chain life". Shadows always does serve us some positive content... I actually got a chance to break for the grandson, to hop in and say hello!
Like a page from the Thoughtful Daily Post companion book (No.. lol, I am not writing one!). This was beautiful @shadowspub! Speaking of deliberate form... have you seen the "new kid" on the block? @freecompliments joined us in The Terminal recently. He's created a community... spreading some love, thoughtfulness, and compliments. No shade here! (See what I did there? lol)...
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, dear Shadows... Thanks again Witty for the mention...
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Thank you kindly for the mention. āŗļø
It can indeed be difficult to maintain a positive attitude and it does take work, and sometimes a little bit of help from friends, as the Beatles would say!
SO true!!!
I always use the example of no one has Ugly friends because you love those friends and to you they are shinning beacons of light.
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I hope you are doing well <3
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Love this post, should have a #thoughtfuldailypost stamped on it. @wesphilbin?
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Thank you for the reminder. Sometimes one finds it hard to love one's self. Take care and thank you for sharing.š¤š
I donāt like ladies with make up. But to them they feel itās the best.. itās a choice though.
And you are totally right about love. True love is indeed the heart of it all. And itās the beauty that keeps things alive.
Lovely and amazing read.
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