Submitted by TreatThompson t3_10g788x in GetMotivated
Akihiro_Tanizaki t1_j542tpi wrote
Reply to comment by SewCarrieous in You've won life if you're a beautiful person at the end of it [Discussion] by TreatThompson
I'd contend the issue lies in the perspective and not on the word.
Beauty, is everywhere.
It's in the little rabbits frolicking in my front yard. It's in the unobstructed wild view of the mountains. It's in the giggles of my true love as she explains her seemingly meaningless day to day happenings of spilling some milk over her t-shirt. It's in the realization of how really well off I actually am (even though my brain will often tell me otherwise).
We who live in peace & abundance often get lost in the hustle. We lose sight of what life actually is about through the chasing of our "dreams". Beauty simply is appreciation. Not a destination.
Anything you take time to genuinely appreciate is something beautiful to you.
Spend excess time, and that appreciation turns into something ugly.
Something moldy.
Something that eventually takes over every facet of your life and becomes this radioactive spore that hurts and spreads misery to (expected &) unexpected people in your life.
Bad people, bad situations, bad trends, bad etc. will always exist. But circumstances don't define us. We decide what kind of person we want & ascribe to be, who we want to see in the world; and if all you see is obsession and cannot appreciate (a beautiful comment, a beautiful view, a beautiful moment) beauty, you should take some steps back and re-evaluate if there is any area in your life or mindset that has become a problem. We dont need to become obsessed with what terrible people do. We don't have to let that become everything.
We believe what other people do matters most but it doesn't. What you do, matters most. Because you make up the collective.
Nothing is more increasingly worse than a beautiful but inactive mind. The silent collective.
Don't let the mistakes of others, or your own, prevent you from embracing your potential and passing on your knowledge, your value, and your happiness onto others. It doesn't take much time out of your day to do so either (or that grand of a gesture).
And that's the beauty of it.
SewCarrieous t1_j54vcb3 wrote
Nah. None of that is “beauty” People have limited vocabularies
Akihiro_Tanizaki t1_j57lrqm wrote
Sounds like a you problem but good luck
SewCarrieous t1_j57rwd6 wrote
It’s a societal problem. I’m Just calling it out
Akihiro_Tanizaki t1_j5c5ryx wrote
Having limited perspectives is a societal problem.
Having a problem with the usage of beauty when it is applicable is a you problem, because it is an opinion.
SewCarrieous t1_j5ca16i wrote
Dumb
Akihiro_Tanizaki t1_j5cqqf6 wrote
Thank you (:
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