Monday, May 14, 2012

Beauty Within



Picasso "Woman in Mirror"


According to one dictionary, beauty is that which is manifested with high spiritual qualities. With that said and all of us being God’s children, who among us is not beautiful? Who among us has not been ‘graced’ with His presence?

Today I saw a commercial sponsored by Dove, promoting their Self-Esteem Program for girls. This program states: “Imagine a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety.” The commercial noted a study which indicated that girls loose interest in their hobbies when they feel self-conscious and distracted about their appearance. What is it that separates our connection to God’s beauty?

We have been prepared for life with the gifts of the Spirit. If they are not lived every day, they may be forgotten. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Gal. 5: 22-23) Surely beauty can be found in all these gifts. When we look for the beauty in another, we will find it. This in turn will bring out the beauty in you. Beauty is a cycle that must be lived.

Namaste,

Cathy

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"The spirit in me respects the spirit in you," "the divinity in me bows to the divinity in you," and others, are modern interpretations, extrapolated from the Sanskrit root of namaste.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste

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