embodying over appearing
Beauty is perceived by the spirit. As a spiritual matter, it must be cultivated. It requires energy and a kind of spiritual pedagogy.
Wendy Farley • Beguiled by Beauty
a woman at the mall the other day ruined my life
she walked by and everything in me went "wow, she's gorgeous" - and then my conscious mind started to work out why. she wasn't especially conventionally beautiful, no more so than a dozen other women in my line of sight; there was nothing i could point to to figure out... See more
Rudra Dakinix.comThe Beauty of an Ordinary Life: Romanticising the Mundane Changed My D
Rosie Holdingdiscoverrosie.com
Ursula K. Le Guin wrote in her sublime meditation on aging and what beauty really means, “beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young... It has to do with who the person is.”
Simone de Beauvoir • How to Keep Life from Becoming a Parody of Itself: Simone de Beauvoir on the Art of Growing Older – The Marginalian
I can't control life. I can only do my best at each step, and to honor the life flowing through me. I would rather live my full truth than box myself into what might look like success to others.
The path of aliveness has often been tumultuous for me, but it’s not always so dramatic. Sometimes it's not the path to break up, to move, to
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