“Let me tell you something – being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.” Halle Berry
Transitory or not, beauty is recognized in the moment and savored. Everyone can define it for themselves, and know it when they see it, feel it, hear it. Thank goodness we don’t just settle, conform, acquiesce to the rubble, the greys, the bland. I was sitting staring at this beautiful bouquet yesterday. Cultivated to please. Transitory but enjoyed in the moment as a gesture of beauty.
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Lovely collage of photo! Love these all so bright! 😄
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Cultivated to please….lovely.
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someone knows their dahlias
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Maybe I can express it like this Robin Williams and Hoffman, it was not physical beauty but a comedic genius that brought them security, meaning in life, they became so dependent on being worshiped than when we fade, grow old and recede they could not
Mickey mantle always had the same recurring dream. He was outside Yankee stadium, stands filled, roars abound. He could not get in. He could never find that adulation again in life
He drank to kill his sorrow and cirrhosis of the liver took the greatest center fielder to ever life.
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Oh I did not mean to insinuate anything against beauty, beauty in nature is far different than someone thinking their own beauty is who they are.
If someone who believes their looks is who they are, what happens if a wreck scars them, or a disease robs them of that impermanent trait.
Beauty exists on its own, our desire to covet, control and make it grow have more power, again man is the culprit
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If beauty is your source of self worth and power, life can be taken away, like Robin Williams or Phillip Seymour Hoffman or suffering outrageous loss and resentment.
Life will end cruelly for you if this shallow desire leads your soul.
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Beauty is to be savored and enjoyed. No shame. The ego of the beautiful is the other side of the equation. Being comfortable in your own skin is their journey. In the meantime, I intend to enjoy the beauty around me.
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