Beauty and Perception.

One question that has always been on my mind is "what is beauty?"
The word "beauty",its meaning and standards, to me, seems and feels more like a perception. It is what an individual perceives it to be. I may think beauty to be about a person's facial features and body shape while another person thinks it to be either of the two or individual qualities and characters. In all,we all have our definitions and standards by which we classify and judge beauty. I'd give an example of colours ,I love dark colours, But I've met people who detest dark colours but love anything bright and attractive. That established, back to beauty, many times without number,I've met people and thought them exceptionally beautiful but then,someone else sees the exact same people and says "she's not all that, but she's cute". I may love someone's nose or eyes,while another person doesn't fancy what I see..now,that's total perception; I'm speaking from my point of view and you're speaking from yours.
Physical beauty is perception,when I began to view it as that,my life and world changed. I've mentioned a few times how often I got nasty comments from people regarding my being beautiful, but something I haven't mentioned is, I also got nice comments,but,what did I do?I focused my entire being on the nasty side and completely shunned the nice part,I let the nasty side navigate and control my life and made myself feel somewhat worthless.
Very well, yes,people say lots of rude stuff to you,but it's really up to you to see yourself from their points of view or from your point,at least,We've all got rights to our perspectives and perceptions. No matter what people say to or about you, you should pick up the mirror and see exactly what you want to see..see that beautiful model or beauty queen,that leader, businesswoman,entrepreneur, world class public speaker, see whoever and whatever you want to see and work towards it. One thing is for sure,no matter what,people will always have something bad to say,but,there are people with good words and vibes,pick up the good words and connect to the right vibes and watch yourself grow into the woman you want to become or even more than you ever envisaged. Dismiss every thought of failing,falling or being ugly,keep working hard and smart. Never forget to spread the word of beauty and love. Anyways,I hope this poem(below) inspires you like it does to me.Thank you!

Behind the Mask
Save her esteem
Save her name..
Teach her to live,
Give her a chance to be
Her eyes have known tears,
Its time to wipe her face clear.

 Help her create a smile from the deepest part of her,
Help her realize that there could be only one her.
Tell her who she is,
Let those words sink in,
Let her know what she could be.
Bring color to her world,
Watch her give a rainbow to the world.
Behind the mask is a beauty..
Behind the mask is gold waiting to be mined.
-Pamelagold Ojoma Hassan

Comments

  1. anniediarys.comMarch 15, 2019 at 11:28 PM

    I love this,it's a good one..

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  2. UnknownMarch 16, 2019 at 3:11 PM

    Wow!
    Amazing. You're a prolific writer and I know you're gonna inspire everyone that comes in contact with your words.

    ReplyDelete

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