On Beauty (By John)

This is John's writing, but he couldn't find the link to post it himself so I offered to post it for him:

I go to Google images, and type “Beauty” into the search box. And what do I get? Women. Lots of pictures of women. Each one has perfect hair, perfect makeup, all smiling.  It doesn’t stop. The pages go on for a good long while. Endless pictures of “Beautiful” women. Eventually, the pictures start to become lewd and inappropriate. I stopped just a few scrolls down. It really got me thinking…. “What has this worlds version of beauty come too? It seems like all they care about is eyeliner and cheekbones.” Tried Youtube. Nope. “16 Beauty hacks. How to get beautiful faster!” Yahoo. Nope. Bunch of celebrity’s. Bing. Nope. More Women. The Chrome app store. Nope. “The beauty book! The beauty shop! Beauty and anti-aging secrets!” Nothing seems to give me a actual thing I could call “Beautiful.”

“Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self,” Priscilla Presley says.

And yet, everyone ignores this principle and continues to try on the newest skin cream and hair products! They ignore the Beauty around them, be it in people or nature or art, and let themselves get caught up in worldly things. Why is this? I don’t know. Maybe society has developed into a point where it has taught  people to become narcissistic, in small ways. Selfies could be an example of this.

Beauty is something that can not be seen, but must be felt in the heart. One cannot do so when all they think about is themselves.