Beauty

They say beauty is skin deep but true beauty lies within. We spend so much time on the superficial when in all reality there is no stability or promise in that. I've had lots of conversations about beauty lately more so the importance it plays in a relationship. I always pose 3 questions during my conversations:

1. How important is beauty/looks to you?
2. What do you consider beautiful/attractive?
3. The friends that you say are beautiful/attractive, would you still say that if they weren't your friends but rather a stranger you see on the streets?

The last question gets them every time. What makes that person so beautiful to you? If it was their looks then it wouldn't matter if you knew them or not, they would be beautiful. I propose that what makes them truly beautiful is their personality and their spirit, not the surface that is constantly fading and changing. In my mind looks have become too important. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be a factor. As humans that is how we operate taking everything at face value, my only point is how big of a factor. I think I just got tired of the word ugly, even when I used it myself. In reality I didn't know them to call them ugly. Furthermore some of the most attractive people I know have a real ugliness about them.

As I grow and experience more I'm understanding the real meaning of beauty and it exceeds a pretty face and a nice body, true beauty is way deeper than that. 'Food for Thought'