Beautiful people

Life is full of beautiful people, those with no blemish on their skin, who have the latest fashion and who's hair & make-up stays perfect for the whole day. These are the girls&women that boys&men want to be with.These are the people that we look at and wish we looked like, people that when we are around we feel so small because they are so stunning. I struggle so badly with this, when I am around other girls who I feel are more beautiful than me, I go into a shell, become quiet and bitter and wait for someone to notice that I am there, in the corner silently craving attention.


I have come to find however, that in my 18years that these people, who are "beautiful" usually are mean, concieted and shallow. Their life revolves around how they look, and the attention they recieve because of the way they look. I am not saying this is the case for everyone, I have many friends who are SO stunning and do not even know it (in my opinion this is a really attractive quality) So over these past few weeks of stuggling to accept myself with my stupid spots and glasses and frizzy hair I decided that their must be more to beauty than just the way one looks.

Firstly I looked in the bible, and found this quote from 1 Peter: "You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which is so precious to God" I believe this to be true, if a girl/woman is gentle and quiet in spirit it will intrigue a man to get to know her personality, and not just judge her on her outward apperance. I know I do not always have a gentle & quiet spirit as I like too be loud and talk alot! However, I do not need to "flaunt" my spirit to get noticed. A spirit is something that is unfading, whilst looks fade.

Secondly and finally I started thinking about all the people I know, who in my opinion are the most beautiful. The most beautiful people I know are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have yet found their way out of these depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with a compassion,gentleness and a deep loving concern.

Beautiful people do not just happen.