by Peter Winslow
Do you have the answer to this puzzler?
You can't fake it, but you can definitely hide it.
You can't buy or sell it, but it never stops giving to those who have it.
You can't see it, but everyone feels when it's there.
Got your answer?
Most people chime in with answers like love, wisdom, and happiness. Others say integrity, compassion, character, honor, dignity, altruism, and a few more along these lines. So who is correct? Read more...
I just came across this post over at The Coveted about embracing true beauty and giving back. I especially like the advice given by Kathleena Gorga, a makeup artist in the San Francisco/Bay Area who specializes in helping women express their unique beauty.
Kathleena advises that we should practice the Daily Beauty Embrace which consists of asking the question: What is the most loving and life-affirming action that I am willing to take today for my body, mind, spirit, heart?
Recently I was interviewed by the ladies of Broad Topics, an online radio show hosted at LATalkRadio.com. They came across this blog during a search and wanted to talk to me about this blog and share thoughts about beauty as it relates to the fashion industry. The topic of the show was "Inner Beauty" and aired on June 29, 2010. You can listen or download the show from the Broad Topics main page.
One of the things I talked about during the show was the idea of influencing the fashion industry to change its ways. For many years now we've seen skinny models on the runways. Because of this, many women consciously or subconsciously believe that in order to be fashionable or beautiful, they have to be tall and skinny or even blonde and blue-eyed.
I've been deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Jackson. He was a soul whose purpose was to unite people through his music - and he certainly accomplished that. However, there is one big lesson that all of us can take away from Michael Jackson's story - that not having love for yourself can be highly destructive
I'm not here to criticize or condemn Michael Jackson for what he did to himself. I am a true fan and appreciated everything he did no matter what he looked like. It's just sad that he allowed other people's opinions of him to change how he felt about himself.
Each one of us has our own definition of what beauty is. Nancy Arroyo-Perez describes what beauty means to her. I like this part of her post:
There is beauty all around us, you just have to stop and take it all in. I have always loved nature and to see a budding flower, a butterfly, a sunset, freshly fallen snow or two birds cuddling close is the purest forms of beauty. Its natural, there are no touch-ups, no pretense, no untruths.
Most importantly beauty can be found in the acceptance of other people and giving yourself freely to others. Beauty truly is found deep within someone’s soul and in the deepest recesses of the mind.
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