Beauty, it is said, is in the eye
of the beholder. Music that might annoy one listener can inspire the
soul of another. It�s what we bring to the experience that counts.
God gave us senses�sight,
hearing, touch, smell, taste�to help us experience creation to its
fullest. Once people look for and appreciate the beauty of life, they
usually want to protect the beauty of some particular part of creation.
People are so drawn to human
beauty that physical attractiveness affects the way we think about
ourselves and others. Some scientists boil our preference for physical
beauty down to survival. They say that deep in our psyches, men and
women are simply striving to attract each other to propagate the human
race. People have gone to extreme and even brutal measures to fit into
these standards.
God asks us to love ourselves�body,
mind and soul. This means discovering and appreciating our God-given,
unique beauty. "People are like stained glass windows," wrote
psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. "They sparkle and shine when the
sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is light within." �Christopher News
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