Times that I feel beautiful:
When Tim looks at me like he's never seen anything more breathtaking than me.
When William touches my cheek with his little hand, giving me a look like he's never seen anything quite like my face, and says, "Mommy, you eautiful."
When I just wake up from a really nice dream and I'm still in that dreamy haze.
When I know that I've done something good or selfless for someone else.
While singing praises, and that totally indescribable transcendence falls over me.
There are other times, and as I am writing this, I'm getting the idea that I should start a beauty journal, not just of my beauty moments but of those I see around me. There is so much beauty in this world, and if we look for it, the decay and sadness around us doesn't seem so overwhelming. A photographic exercise that I find myself doing a lot is going to a place that from far away seems to have no inherent beauty (a dirty shoreline, an overgrown, grey thicket, a crumbling building) and find and photograph the beauty there. I never know what I will find, and sometimes I have to look pretty hard, but I always find something. Beauty is everywhere if you just take the time to look for it.
When do you feel beautiful?
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11 comments:
This is a wonderful post Erin, and the world is a beautiful place when we look for it. When do I feel beautiful....smelling a flower, in a long bubble bath, when I do something good for someone else. This is very thought provoking. beautiful you. have a great week.
It's great you can find those moments when you feel beautiful. :-D
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I feel beautiful when I am absorbed something I love to do, like knitting or reading. I also feel beautiful when I finish a hard work out or do something good for me. This is all in addition to your wonderful list.
I like the idea of a beauty journal. I can feel new blog category in the making. =)
Oh Erin... I feel you. I love this post juxtaposed with your post on mirrors.
Aging gracefully is such hard work. I think emotionally more than physically. (although the clicking sounds in my joints would argue.)
As for when I feel beautiful. Honestly? Um... 4 days into my cycle. Yeah, that's hormones for you. :D
Great question. Having 6 daughters this subject comes up often. I believe everyone has a unique beauty that God wants to bring out. Joy tends to bring out beauty. Of course, Joy just can't be manufactured. But that is a different subject perhaps. Good post.
It's all about Pie for me. When she holds her arms up to me, or jumps and squeals with joy when I come in from work...in those moments I am more beutiful than anything in the world.
I feel beautiful in the shower. and as odd as this sounds. I feel beautiful the moments just after giving birth to my child and holding him/her in my arms for the first time and them nursing. NO pictures, just me and baby.
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gorgeous thoughts about beauty and i think it will be a wonderful exploration for you. i haven't felt beautiful lately and am looking to turn that around.
I think a beauty journal is a great idea.
I feel beautiful when I surround myself with bright colors and cheerful things. They make me happy and I feel beautiful when I'm happy.
This post makes my heart swell and my eyes leak. I love it.
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