A Recurring Theme....

"Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised."

Of course, I don't wish to continue harping on about the same subject repeatedly, as this helps no-one - and this, if it is anything, is more an exercise in getting my thoughts down in a more tangible form - but we're going to go back for a moment to Beauty.

Whilst it would be very unusual for an individual to be thier own idea of beauty, especially with society and the media giving an almost dazzlingly swift Kalidoscopicly changing array of fashions, body types and admirable behaviours and ideas to which we are encouraged to aspire or subscribe, it does become important to understand why someone else would see them as being beautiful.

It occurs to me that it is very difficult sometimes for someone to regard themselves as being 'beautiful' (whether in body, spirt or mind) since they're rarely able to see themselves as others do. And any internal dissatisfaction or dislike is amplified by negative comment (whether actual or percieved) from the outside that can seem to form a sort of looping effect till the very idea of beauty gets mixed up in this difficult web of insecurites.