true beauty

my mom is truly beautiful.

when i was feeling down on myself yesterday, she shared this inspiring poem with me.

it helped me regain true perspective:

A Guide to Making Beauty and Character One

{any girl can be good-looking}

By Hazel Rawson Cades, quoted by O.C. Tannner

“To forget ourselves and think of others.

To learn to love the people around us and do things to make them happy.

Never to cause others to feel small or inferior.

To give generously, to love leniently.

To believe in others and think no evil of them.

Not to be warped or shriveled by envy, greed, jealously, petty gossip;

for what we habitually find in others, they will find in us.

To be sincere—quick to compliment, never flatter.

To be tolerant and patient and sweet-tempered.

To be honest with ourselves and with others.

To seek out our weaknesses and fears and overcome them—to face facts,

but never let them beat us.

To believe in the goodness of life.

To avoid all but constructive worry.

To think in terms of success and plan for the future with enthusiasm and confidence.

To be happy, to smile, to leave behind us the contagion of laughter.

To protect health and seek better health and hygiene habits.

To remember that beauty and goodness are inseparable.

To realize that love is the secret of loveliness.”

This is how God sees us.

This is true beauty.

peace out.