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When I asked people in the community how they describe “beauty” some of you said that beauty is really something that refers to physical attributes and it is often de ned in arti cial terms. Some of you very thoughtfully and openly said that it’s a source of inner conflict for many, par- ticularly for women because it’s often as- sociated with appearance. Many people emphasized how girls and women strug- gle with this concept of beauty and what society tends to demonstrate as beau- tiful. I think that gradually, and in small areas, we are trying to shift that a little but for the most part there is still that tendency towards certain images that claim to represent “beauty” in our media. Hopefully we’ll continue to work towards changing that.
Let me share my vision or de nition of beauty. Like some, I believe that beauty
is more of an innate quality or a char- acteristic. It’s an internal, natural sort of sparkle and it’s really the essence of something. And I believe that it’s present in everything and everyone. There was a quote that I once heard which says that “Beauty is not in the face, beauty is a light in the heart.” And I so deeply agree with that.
I think of beauty on a broader scale. Prob- ably a broader scale than many. I believe that even if you’re not exactly where you’d like to be as a mompreneur, as a mom, as a woman, that doesn’t mean that life right now can’t be beautiful or enjoyable. And the best part is that you don’t have to do anything to make it beautiful. Just a shift in perspective and it will already be beau- tiful. All you have to do is open your eyes and awaken your appreciation for what just is. It’s really about seeing things
differently. And that is mind power at its most essential capacity (and you that that is where I come from).
We’re constantly surrounded by opportu- nities and miracles but we don’t’ recog- nize them because they come to us so gracefully and subtly. Things like every breath, every movement, every condi- tion or circumstance that’s creating just a possibility for you to be alive right now, reading this right now is a beautiful expe- rience existing by (I believe) no chance. We are often just inundated with our to-do list or get caught up in the chaos of things that aren’t really- when it comes down to it all- that important. Realizing that beau- ty exists in every moment is possible and it’s simply takes a way of seeing things a bit differently. A shift that begins in your mind.
Here’s the rst tip, try exercising the prac