Earlier today I posted a video of some words taken from an essay I wrote in 1991. I found the Thinking About article a bit ago. Thinking About ... Beauty. Looking in a quotation book you find many definitions of beauty. “It is in the eyes of the beholder”; “a thing of beauty is a joy forever”; “beauty is, as beauty does”. They are tangible expressions of beauty, but they do not define beauty as they only illustrate it. We can all think of samples of beauty—a crimson sunset; a long stemmed rose; a mother with child and the love in someone’s eyes. These are time worn examples of beauty. When we read them we can imagine beauty in each form. My question is, do we see beauty in our lives today? Recently my life has been filled with difficulties. I don’t see or feel any beauty around me right now. I feel older, afraid, concerned about my health, worried about my financial situation and totally without faith about my future. I don’t see beauty. I don’t feel beauty. I only ache for it. I don’t want to think about it, but think about it I must. I can’t let it be a thing of the past. I need beauty in my life. I need the refreshment it brings, the solace and the joy. I need the stirring of emotions raising me above the side road of despair. As I write this from somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind, somewhere beyond my conscious thoughts I feel these words: Thou hast merely to look upon Me, and Thou shall see beauty beyond compare blossoming, unfolding, everywhere. It is around you and in you, beyond you, beside you, In the trees, in the breeze in the ocean, in the skies Behold beauty; it is in your eyes. © 2015 Mary Bradley McCauley All rights reserved. https://youtube/watch?v=Eg_7oiOnsGo
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:33:15 +0000
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