----- Original Message ----- From: "MountainWings" <[email protected]> To: "Cynthia Gropman" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:10 AM Subject: MountainWings:Monday - You Are Beautiful
> ------------------------------------------------- > MountainWings A MountainWings Moment > #1014 Wings Over The Mountains of Life > ------------------------------------------------- > > You Are Beautiful > ================== > > > You are beautiful. . . > > It's a phrase that my mother uses a lot. > > I used to wonder, "How in the world can Mother call them > beautiful?" > > I am a logical, statistical man. > I call things as I see them. > I didn't see beauty. > > My mother would tell people this with an enthusiasm they > could feel. She was genuine. She wasn't telling them they > were beautiful to get something from them. Most of the > time, they were trying to get something from her. > > I wondered for years what was wrong with Mother's perception and > vision. Couldn't she see that all of the people she called beautiful, > weren't beautiful? > > You were beautiful only if you had a certain figure and face > that was classed as beautiful by the laws of the world and > glamour. Yet when my mother spoke, people smiled as though > Glamour magazine had listed them as one of the beautiful people > of the year. > > It took me years to finally understand my mother's vision > and the phrase, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." > > My mother had a spirit that could see the beauty in a person. > > Most only look on the outside and then compare what they > see with the standards the world has given them. > > That was what I was doing. > > Today when you leave your house, carefully look at the first > person whom you see and notice how beautiful they are. > > They may be balding, fat, wrinkled, pimply, or any of the > other things the world frowns upon as beauty. > > Look at them closely and look for the beauty. > > If you really look, you'll see it. > > I didn't believe that at first until I tried it. > Sure enough, as I stared and opened another set of eyes, > I was able to see the beauty in every person. > No matter how rough or worn a person looked, > each pain etched line held a glimpse of beauty. > > You just had to look for the beauty. It's there. > > When you leave your home this morning, look hard at each > person. You will start to see the beauty of every human who > you didn't know existed. Trust me and try this. > If you sincerely look, you will see it. > > When you get home after seeing the beauty in faces you see, > look in the mirror. > > You are beautiful. > > Thank you mama for all of the beauty that you have not only > seen, but added. > > ~A MountainWings Original~ > > > Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox. > See you tomorrow. > > Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1014.htm > > **************************************************************** > www.MountainWings.com "Wings Over The Mountains of Life" > To: Subscribe, Un-Subscribe, Get a Book, T-Shirt, Rate Issues, > Tell Friends about MountainWings, Read Past Issues, Donations, > Submit a MountainWings Moment or Prayer Request, Set homepage to > Daily issue in larger type Go To: http://www.mountainwings.com > Click to unsubscribe: http://www.mountainwings.com/remove.html > **************************************************************** > MountainWings, POBox 43725, 120 Selig Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336 USA > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
