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Can you identify inner beauty
Inner CAN YOU identify Beauty
Do you remember a movie called Shallow Hal an American romantic comedy lm starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black about a shallow man who falls in love with an overweight woman after being hypnotized to only see the inner being of people?
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Is inner beauty something that ugly people say to themselves to feel better? Who actually denes ugly and beauty? With the beauty industry being the biggest industry in the world, what is this to say about the inner being? So what is inner beauty actually all about?
By denition, inner beauty may be described as something that's experienced through a person's character rather than by appearances. We are souls rst before we are physical. Inner beauty means a beautiful soul; something not dressed up and needs no physical cosmetics.
To most people, inner beauty is a joke. People say that inner beauty is something ugly people say to themselves to feel better. Of course, that makes People with beautiful souls avoid conict at all cost. They remove themselves from a situation where there might be an altercation.
perfect sense to people who do not acknowledge or take care of their inner being and unable to look beyond the physical
There is a confusion between inner beauty and outer beauty. You may assume that you never notice inner beauty at rst sight. Have you ever met someone you thought they could be the most beautiful you've ever seen, and then they started talking? You may speak to someone for a minute and nd them pleasant or not-so-pleasant at rst. But as the conversation goes on for a minute or two, you may start to pick qualities and traits, and without even realizing it, you may start to nd a person more and more beautiful or horrible. Ÿ Self-restraint and Self Disciplined A person with a beautiful soul is able to control themselves. They are not chameleons, they do not blend with the environment. They are able to ask themselves questions before they act “do I need this” “is this right for me” when they make a decision they stick to it
Ÿ Straightforwardness They are straight forward. If you have a beautiful soul and are straight forward you will see that a lot of people do not come to you with their problems, those who do they really value your opinion because you do not buy love by telling people what they want to hear. You might be seen as harsh because you tell it as it is.
After reading this article, try to look at someone and yourself beyond the physical by identifying some or all of these features of inner beauty.
Ÿ Fearlessness No matter how many times they have been burned, hurt, disappointed or failed, people with beautiful souls always see the silver lining. Nothing in their past will make them stop moving forward. They do not sit back and hide, knowing it might happen again, they have hope and they try and keep trying.
Ÿ Purity Of Heart You will identify a person with a pure heart by having a pure mind. While the heart is the source of our soul problems, the mind directs the heart. To be pure in heart, we must stir to be pure in our minds. What we place in our minds ultimately affects our hearts.
Ÿ Steadfastness A steadfast person is not shaken by their circumstances. They are clear of their belief and are unmovable. Even when things change around them they remain rm in what they believe. They do not compromise their values and faith for anything or anybody. Ÿ Absence of wrath People with beautiful souls avoid conict at all cost. They remove themselves from a situation where there might be an altercation. Even when provoked they prefer to move away. Some are mistaken for cowards and this does not faze them because they do not have anything to prove to anyone.
Inner beauty helps you appreciate outer beauty. If you love, appreciate and feel good about yourself, you would feel more condent about facing and interacting with other beautiful people in the world. Remember, outer beauty can give you a glance, it's inner beauty that makes someone stay
