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Defining beauty

There are some deep thoughts today for Blogger, May I. The topic: How do you define beauty?

Damn that is quite a question. For a long time, I wouldn’t have been able to honestly answer that I think that there is beauty in me. I always felt like there was something “messed up” – how I was raised, what I thought of myself. Stupid teenage stuff, y’know?

Beauty can't be taught; it's a state of being.

I think beauty goes further than the surface. You can be conventionally attractive on the outside, but if the insides are mean-spirited, unkind, or downright ugly, there’s a loss of beauty for sure.

I guess defining beauty for me is more of a mindset that an outward physical characteristic. When you own how you are, and you’re not being afraid to take risks and learn from them, there is beauty. Experiment, have confidence.

It’s a short answer, but sometimes you don’t need many words.

How do you define beauty?


  • I agree with you! I also think it’s more of a mindset. Someone can have looks, but be a terrible person inside and that’s not beautiful at all!

  • I agree 100%!

    I wrote a post about this, but couldn’t link up because we were on vacation. I’ll try to go back and add it now! 🙂

  • I never find conventional beauty that beautiful to begin with. If that’s all you’re bringing to the table, you don’t have much value in yourself. (I had no idea this one would be so hard to write. sorry!)

    • I agree! And don’t worry about it being a challenge, it was just one of those, “I have so many thoughts and I can’t narrow them down and focus them into a post” kinda thing.

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