Beauty

The  current culture seems to tell us, if we are beautiful, we will be loved   We will be happy, But is this really so? The ideal of beauty changes  within a culture and an age. The one in which we live right now has a  crazy unrealistic version of the ideal. It seeps into our psyche early  when there is no defense. The current ideal, would be considered  fragile, sickly in another time and place. Women were meant to have  curves, power and vitality. If you are healthy, nature says that is  everything. But what does the heart say, Your heart? Can you dance?  Enjoy life? What more can you ask of your physical form, the temple of  your soul? Only that which nourishes such a temple should be allowed  inside. Please don't let the sick self belittling criticism of this  culture poison your existence, your self acceptance. A good relationship  with your body is the foundation of well being. You are unique and  incomparable. Physical equivalence with the cultural ideal, would only  make you suspect secretly, that your looks were your only value, the  only reason you were loved.......and you WOULD in fact be targeted for  exploitation. You are FAR more than that. You offer the world so much  more than that. It is for those OTHER things you will be most loved.  Your humor, creativity, kindness, courage, and passion. There is beauty  within you. Express it and people who matter, will see.