You Are Beautiful

"Beauty is a summation of the parts working together in such a way that nothing is needed to be added, taken away or altered."~Elio Carletti

"Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother's womb. I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! "~Psalms 139:14 The Message

When God created us he saw beauty. Why? He saw a reflection of himself. We have to learn how to see ourselves and others the same way God sees us. When we take this perspective in life it empowers us to traverse over certain humps and speed bumps that would attempt to hinder our progress.

Of course it's appeasing to see a beautiful face yet it is just as equally or if not even more rewarding to see a beautiful soul. Just like people take measures to enhance or beautify their outer images, we can also take steps to enhance our inner selves.

Here are some simple keys to beautifying your internal image:

1. Proper Diet. Yes, watch what you are allowing yourself to hear and ingest into your psyche. Words are spirit. They can be mercenaries of death or nurses of life. Aim to live a life of moderation and not of over-indulgence. How do you know what is inside of people? Listen to what they are saying and how they are rationalizing.

2. Daily Exercise. Challenge yourself to grow and mature in your mental, emotional and spiritual growth. Increase not only knowledge but applicable application. Learn to extract that which is beneficial and uplifting out of every situation and circumstance. Increase your faith muscles by using them. Build patience by learning to endure that which leads you closer to God's promises in your life.

3. Good Hygiene. Get rid of all stinking thinking. Release grudges, malice, bitterness, and resentment. The longer you harbor these viruses, they will corrupt your thoughts processes and eventually your hard-drive...your heart. Rinse and purge all those things which would have you bound and debilitate your spirit from being loving, kind and carefree.

4. Makeup. We normally view makeup as an agent that covers that which is flawed versus enhancing that which is already beautiful. A house can be beautiful before you decorate it but it can be even more appealing and inviting when it is decorated from top to bottom. Think of yourself as a house. You have many rooms: your intellect, emotions, talents, and etc. Enhance yourself to improve upon those things. A smile is makeup to our emotions. Yes, things will happen to derail us off our "A-game", but we have an innate ability called choice. We can choose to let the external world control us or we can control ourselves. Bring joy, peace and happiness with you and put them on regardless of whatever happens.


As you live, you will encounter enough ugliness in the world, therefore resolve from this day forward to bring beauty with you wherever you go.