beauty

I'm sure at some point or another all of us has had some confrontation with this word...either you are bullied, teased, taunted or rejected because you do not meet the standards of conventional beauty.  Then on the other hand there are those that, think them self the very meaning of the word.  They take it over board.  What many of you on the other side might not know is that many of these people that put off this confident sometimes conceited nature and constantly belittle each other, have a lot of skeletons in the closet.  They are very insecure and when they find themself in only the company of their thoughts, those confident feelings quickly fade and a self-concious, scared little girl that will go to any extreme to be considered conventianally beautiful surfaces.  This is dangerous because these are the same little girls that develop eating disorders and commit suicide because they are in pursuit of perfection, something that is considered to be very subjective, thus very unatainable in this aspect. 

What is beauty?
 To me i believe beauty starts in the heart, the soul and the mind.  You have to be beautiful on the inside in order for it to be projected on the outside.  Being angry, ignorant and insecure only wares on your outward beauty. Before you adorn your outside man make sure your heart is clean, make sure it is in the right place.

How about you....how do you feel about beauty? what does it mean to you? what do you consider beautiful?