Unexpected Beauty.
I shaved my head. I have hardly any hair left. I did this because I wanted my hair to grow back out healthy now that I am on this diet (Which, btw, is going really well.) When I finally did shave my hair, I looked at myself in the mirror and didn't like what I saw. But then... Something occurred to me: Not every woman has the choice of going bald. There are women out there right now with cancer going through chemotherapy who lose all of their hair, or for any other number of reasons have to shave their head. They don't have the long, luxurious hair that some women have, or even the short, sassy looks that others have. And yet... they are still so very beautiful.
Hair shouldn't factor into our true beauty. Nor should any other physical appearance. It has been, and always will be, the inside of us that counts. As the saying goes, "A beautiful face is destroyed by an ugly personality." It can also be said that an ugly face is made perfect by a beautiful personality. Our perfection is not in how we look, how skinny we are, or how symmetrical we are, or even in the latest fashions and color combinations of lipstick and nail polish to match our tones or even in how smooth our skin is. Our beauty lies in ourselves, our good intent, our, and our honesty as well as our ability to portray that honest goodness in an honest-to-goodness fashion. It lies in our capacity to fight hard to live well, to cling on to every last bit of hope and goodness even in the face of death, and in our faith of knowing that there is some goodness still in this world.
To all the wonderful, beautiful people out there who face their so-called "ugliness" and mortality with a smile and continue to do good in this world: Thank you. You will always be beautiful.
Hair shouldn't factor into our true beauty. Nor should any other physical appearance. It has been, and always will be, the inside of us that counts. As the saying goes, "A beautiful face is destroyed by an ugly personality." It can also be said that an ugly face is made perfect by a beautiful personality. Our perfection is not in how we look, how skinny we are, or how symmetrical we are, or even in the latest fashions and color combinations of lipstick and nail polish to match our tones or even in how smooth our skin is. Our beauty lies in ourselves, our good intent, our, and our honesty as well as our ability to portray that honest goodness in an honest-to-goodness fashion. It lies in our capacity to fight hard to live well, to cling on to every last bit of hope and goodness even in the face of death, and in our faith of knowing that there is some goodness still in this world.
To all the wonderful, beautiful people out there who face their so-called "ugliness" and mortality with a smile and continue to do good in this world: Thank you. You will always be beautiful.