Do you ever wonder...?

Do you ever wonder how beautiful people would be if you could see their thoughts and judgments in their mind? Would this change your definition of beautiful? How do you define beautiful? What if everyone wore their inner ‘beauty’ on the outside? What would that look like?

I was sitting at dinner and all of these thoughts and questions came running through my head. I’ve come to realize how tainted people’s views of beautiful are these days. Does that designer bag really make that person beautiful? Do their size 0 jeans make them beautiful? How about that tan? Or is it their thoughts, how they treat people, and how they make people feel that makes them beautiful? Are they inspiring you and others around you (and no… not for fitspo, I mean seriously providing inspiration for your goals and dreams)? What about motivating you to be a better person? I just think of all the things I truly admire about the people closest to me, and I realized that none of them are based on their external attributes. Sure, they are all beautiful from the outside no doubt, but the reasons I truly surround myself with them and gravitate towards them are all but related to their external ‘beauty.’ They are compassionate, loving, loyal, kind, altruistic, and much more.

How is it that beauty has taken on a certain definition in today’s world? Is it the media spend? Is it societal constructs? I don’t know the answer here, but my mind is intrigued at how concepts and ideas around beauty have been formed.

Nevertheless, I am a firm believer that I can always improve myself. I love self-help books, meditation, women’s talks, yoga…you name it. But a lot of these areas where I think I can improve myself are mostly internal. It’s the dialogue inside my mind. How am I talking to myself in my head? How am I talking and thinking about others? How are my thoughts shaping the energy I am radiating around me? Am I bringing light, joy and positivity to those around me? Am I inspiring people, or am I merely existing? Am I judging or am I being open minded? I feel like with all of this I am running against society in a sense. Even though all the things I just mentioned are valued in today’s world, they don’t seem to outweigh the weight we’ve been placing on external beauty. Maybe this is just my own perception and I am totally open to discussing this to hear other POV because I am genuinely curious.

I feel like as a society, we need to focus less on outer beauty (since that seems to be 99% of the focus these days), and add more weight back towards inner beauty. What is a person bringing to the table besides their looks? How would this person look if their outer beauty was truly a reflection of their inner thoughts? Would this person still be beautiful?

Let me know your thoughts :)