This world is beautiful. The things in it are beautiful too. You are beautiful (or handsome). I mean you, who is reading this at this moment. No one can convince you that you aren't beautiful. If they don't see you as such, at least for you, you think you are. But I want you to think about two important things. Who made you beautiful? And, why are you beautiful at all?
I have seen beautiful women and handsome men on this earth. Some are too beautiful. When I see them, I wonder what they think about themselves. I wonder if they think they made themselves beautiful, and therefore, they are more fortunate than everyone else. I wonder if they think they picked the beauty from the store through worldly fashion. I wonder if they think, like their parents, so they are. I wonder if they think their beauty was given by God, for a purpose.
After considering all these possible thoughts, I finally understood, that beauty, whoever is possessing it, however it is, is a gift. It is a gift from God. And it is this truth that most women have overlooked. They think if they are beautiful, it means they are more fortunate than those who they think are 'ugly'. But no. No human being on this earth is ugly! They think they are better than them. They aren't better than them. The fact that they are beautiful, and maybe 'misusing' their beauty, doesn't make anyone odd. We are all the same.
The real purpose for beauty is not pride. Beauty, because it is a gift, must be treated as such. It must not be misused, because it fades. Today it is pleasant to the eyes; tomorrow it is useless. A young woman flourishes today; tomorrow, her body wrinkles. The purpose for beauty is humility on the part of the one who possesses it. After all, she didn't create herself. And she didn't give herself life.
Therefore, beautiful women, be humble. Shun pride. Do not be haughty. Don't think you are better than anyone, for beauty is in character, and not in physique. It is in virtue; never in makeups. If with no makeups on your face, you think you aren't beautiful enough, then indeed, you are not. The reason is, you are how you were created; not how you forced yourself to become. So show respect, forgive easily, and love everyone. Abuse not your beauty, for, just as useless as any soup is without salt, so is any beauty, without virtue.
Have a lovely day...
ISAAC ESSOUN
(By the grace of God)
(By the grace of God)
