ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS
The following insightful piece appears in "Chicken Soup For the Kids' Soul": My dad says I am ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS. I wonder if I really am. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Sarah says you need to have beautiful long, curly hair like she has. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Justin says you must have perfectly straight white teeth like he has. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Jessica says you can't have any of those little brown dots on your face called freckles. I do. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Mark says you have to be the smartest kid in the seventh-grade class. I'm not. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Stephen says you have to be able to tell the funniest jokes in the school. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Lauren says you need to live in the nicest neighborhood in town and in the prettiest house. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Matthew says you can only wear the coolest clothes and the most popular shoes. I don't. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Samantha says you need to come from a perfect family. I don't. But every night at bedtime my dad gives me a big hug and says, "You are ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS, and I love you." My dad must know something my friends don't. --Carla O'Brien We all need to be reminded from time to time of that which makes us beautiful. We look for beauty in the clothes we wear or the make-up or the tan. True beauty is found much deeper. "Do not let your adornment be merely outward -- arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel -- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." (I Peter 3:3-4) Have a great day! Alan Smith Helen Street Church of Christ Fayetteville, North Carolina Sugar Says: People are like stained glass windows: They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, But when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light shining from within. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
