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Oct 22
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What Beauty Is





Beauty is the elegance and grace of a sparkling shooting star gliding across the night sky. Beauty is the sunset with the trees just slightly blocking it. Plants are beautiful, colors are beautiful, many things are beautiful. But one thing that is extremely beautiful are people.

People can beautiful in the concept of outer beauty but also inner beauty. Outer beauty is the appearance of someone,whereas inner beauty is someone’s personality.  Although some people may think that there is only outer beauty, others believe there is only inner beauty and outer beauty doesn’t matter. I disagree with both opinions. To me, inner beauty is very important, but that does not mean you can neglect outer beauty. Outer beauty can cause someone to be more confident and feel better in their own skin. Although I feel outer beauty is something you shouldn’t forget, it is also something you shouldn’t need to change. Maybe you feel that you’re not good enough or that you don’t matter because you’re not beautiful. But that is more than incorrect. Outer beauty is not so important that you need to feel down on yourself. Outer beauty should only help you feel better about yourself, never worse. When you compliment someone on what they look like, it usually makes someone feel good but that doesn’t mean it should be the only thing you compliment someone on.  

Inner beauty is very important and should be something you express and show. Kindness is one way to show inner beauty, but so is happiness. When you are happy you can project your happiness on to others and cause them to be happy as well. Inner beauty can display a new side of you and can really make an impact on you and on others. When you are kind to someone, you feel better and so does the other person. Although I feel outer beauty is important, I do feel inner beauty is even more important. Inner beauty is something special and can change for every person.

Inner and outer beauty are very connected in the way that when you are happy and kind, it shows on your face and in your stance. It illuminates your face with a big, bright smile which could be considered outer beauty, but you only smile because of inner beauty. You stand taller and seem a lot happier on the outside when you are happy on the inside. Being confident, happy and kind are all very important, things so that is why both inner beauty and outer beauty are things that should never be neglected.
 
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  1. jbird18
    Jan 01, 2017

    I AGREE WITH THIS SOOO MUCH!! Inner vs. outer beauty is something I have believed in for a long time. There is a connection between the two but it is not the connection one would expect. I think you do a good job of capturing some of that connection/relationship. (I think you've captured only some of it because the connection is so tricky and delicate and unspoken and I haven't even discovered all of it so I wouldn't know what to look for.)
    I am so on the same page with you about expressing inner beauty through kindness and also that "Outer beauty should only help you feel better about yourself, never worse." Yes!
    My friend and I had a conversation and agreed/discovered we agree that: "cute" refers to someone's character, demeanor, and the way they carry themself.
    That "hot" refers to outer beauty
    That "beautiful" refers to inner beauty.
    I don't use "hot" or similar words very often, but that's because I'm personally much more interested in inner beauty. I agree with you so whole heartedly that shooting stars and trees and plants and sunsets are beautiful, but that people are extremely beautiful. Your fist paragraph is written as if it came from my mouth, but you write it with much more eloquence and grace than I could. (I promise I don't mean to be stealing your words) Thank you for sharing What Beauty Is.

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