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Beautiful Things..

I won't lie, I admire beautiful things.,and people. When I come across beautiful images of people, even randomly,for example on the internet, the first thing i do is show it to whoever I'm around and tell them how beautiful I think the person is( male or female). I remember sharing an image of a male model i saw online on my whatsapp status and jokingly asking my friends to help me thank the Lord for being a master creator. It is okay to admire beautiful images, to pray to have similar things in one's own life, but most times people want what they see without being willing to find out what process the person went through to have what they do. People are not often willing to pour in the hard work others did to have what they now do. A nice image of a married couple will not on its surface tell the story of the many tests that has rocked the marriage. It would not show the sacrifices the couple have had to make to get to the point they are at now. There is a church that...

A whole world out there

A few years back, on the Oprah show, what was considered 'beautiful' by people in different countries were discussed. People in country 'A' were of the opinion that women who were slim or should i say thin, even skinny were beautiful. Country 'B' believed you were not beautiful unless you were plump, or thick. In country 'A' women who gave birth started working out and dieting almost immediately in order to shed the weight gained, whereas in country 'B' women who gave birth were pumped with food so as to look good to society. In country 'C' the more flawless your complexion, the more beautiful you were. Women here obviously spent a lot of money on cosmetics. In country 'D' wearing neck bracelets or bangles more like hoops ( lol can't even tell what they are) were what to them made a woman beautiful. In country 'E', women spent a lot of money on nose surgery, because to them having a certain kind of pointed nose wa...