| Beauty can defined in a variety of ways; to some it | | | | we live in and everything in it. No one could pick up a |
| simply means the state of being pleasant to the eyes | | | | certain piece of rock and if he does not recognise that |
| while to others it is something that brings a feeling of | | | | if cut and polished that rock is a gem he may just toss |
| sweetness to the heart. To others still, it could be a | | | | it into a pond. In the same vein if we do not realise this |
| sound or touch that soothes the soul however; true | | | | beauty is in us there is a tendency that our attitude to |
| beauty in the actual sense encompasses all these and | | | | life and various issues will be wrong consequently we |
| even more, for instance a person can be pleasant in | | | | devalue ourselves in our relationships, work places and |
| appearance but in speech and action the reverse may | | | | all other endeavours. To be truly beautiful we must |
| be the case surely that person can not be truly | | | | have the right attitudes, think positively and most |
| described as beautiful, let us say you were asked by | | | | importantly recognise the beauty that is in us. |
| the police to describe a thug who just mugged you at | | | | 2. The next is a healthy life style, to be truly beautiful |
| gunpoint certainly beautiful will not come up in your | | | | we need to live a healthy lifestyle; it is pointless to have |
| description of the thug regardless of how good looking | | | | a pleasant appearance while we are killing ourselves |
| he appears to be. | | | | with our lifestyle. The food we eat, the amount of rest, |
| Now we know what beauty truly is the next step is to | | | | recreation, exercising and how we socialise are all |
| establish how we get it or where it comes from. The | | | | important factors here. Our lifestyles may be such that |
| simple truth is everything was created beautiful, beauty | | | | we are to busy or we find it too difficult to balance out |
| is within us, and it is all around us as nature has | | | | all these factors, for instance in the case of a |
| bestowed us with so much of it. As a matter of fact | | | | balanced diet, we sometimes find this difficult to |
| our very nature as human beings is beautiful and for | | | | achieve not because we can not afford it, but |
| some beauty is displayed effortlessly while others | | | | because the time and knowledge required to put it |
| need to do a bit to let it show. That not withstanding, | | | | together is not there especially in the modern world |
| everything, everyone is inherently beautiful. Take a | | | | we live in where there is an abundance of junk food. |
| piece of diamond for instance until it is cut and polished | | | | This can however be remedied with the use of |
| it could just as well be a piece of rock. Gold and silver | | | | nutritional supplements. One must however, endeavour |
| have to be refined to bring out their true beauty, it is in | | | | to maintain a healthy lifestyle and the keyword here is |
| us all to be beautiful but to attain true, total and | | | | moderation. |
| all-encompassing beauty there must be some form of | | | | 3. Finally we look at external adornment, this relates to |
| enhancement. This reminds me of the story of | | | | the clothes, perfumes, cosmetics and accessories we |
| Cinderella and her ugly stepsisters. The stepsisters had | | | | wear to enhance our beauty. In this case there is no |
| the best of external adornment but they refused to | | | | one perfect solution, what suits you may not suit me |
| enhance it with that which come from within hence | | | | what is important is to be comfortable with what you |
| they were described as ugly, Cinderella on the other | | | | wear. Avoid coming across as being over dressed or |
| hand had beauty within her which made it easy for the | | | | painted up like a doll; make sure whatever you wear |
| fairy godmother to turn her into a real gem. So if we | | | | adds to your self esteem. |
| are all inherently beautiful, why then do we need to | | | | Beauty can be viewed in different ways but in |
| enhance it? The simple truth is that, it adds value to our | | | | essence to be described as truly beautiful entails a |
| being and when this value is added people tend to | | | | combination of different aspects of beauty. We are all |
| appreciate us more, people want to love us more and I | | | | inherently beautiful, but we need to enhance this raw |
| do not know of any person in this life who does not | | | | beauty so that we add value to our being. This makes |
| want to be loved and appreciated. Many manufacturer, | | | | us better appreciated and love. Beauty enhancement |
| advertisers and marketers understand this concept | | | | can be achieved by recognising our inherent beauty |
| that is why the manufacturer wants to produce the | | | | and allow this to reflect in our attitudes; living a healthy |
| best quality of a product and advertisers and | | | | lifestyle and with the use of appropriate clothing and |
| marketers ensure it is well packaged and displayed to | | | | accessories. I have heard people say beauty is |
| the public. How then can we enhance our inherent | | | | relative, what is beautiful to one person may not be so |
| beauty and attain that true, total and all encompassing | | | | to another, this may be correct for physical |
| beauty? | | | | appearances but with regards to beauty, true beauty I |
| 1. The first key is in our attitudes, we must recognise | | | | totally disagree. True beauty is absolute it is either you |
| we are inherently beautiful and let that be reflected in | | | | have it or not and it is achieved by enhancing ones |
| our attitude to life, to people around us, to the world | | | | inherent beauty. |