Sunday, December 12, 2010

See Through The Eyes of Beauty

If you want to feel more beautiful yourself, notice the beauty in others!


Just for a minute think about what you consider beautiful. Do you think of a specific person? Perhaps a Hollywood star? Maybe your cousin? What does beauty look like to you?

You’re probably not surprised to hear the fact that many people have strict, critical, and unrealistic standards when it comes to defining beauty. This causes us to lose an opportunity to appreciate our fellow human being and also keeps us in a state of self judgment.

If you would like to expand your idea of beauty, feel more appreciation for yourself and LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATION the below exercise will help greatly.

Your assignment is to Notice the Beauty in everyone that you come in contact with. This may seem like a hard task at first if you are not accustomed to thinking in this way but once you expand your heart and make a choice to see through the eyes of beauty it becomes easy. As much as you can-- notice what is beautiful about the people you come in contact with. It could be the sparkle in their eyes, their finely manicured nails, the graceful way someone moves their body or the beauty of their strong conviction. The point is ---Be on the lookout for beauty!

The good news is there are plenty of places and opportunities to practice this skill. Your local supermarket is a great place to start or for that matter any place where there are people.

Please be patient with yourself when first beginning and remember this is a change in perception and habit which is generally uncomfortable at first.

Now go out and notice some beautiful people and remember---The more we are able to recognize beauty in others---the more we are able to recognize beauty in ourselves.

1 comment:

  1. This is a beautiful and very powerful exercise. Harder than I thought.
    Thank You

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