How cultivating our inner qualities makes us more attractive than mere physical beauty
It is really our inner beauty that draws mature people toward us.
Cultivating inner qualities—presence, kindness, receptivity, and a capacity to listen—create a safe climate for people to come toward us.“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all.” —Benjamin Franklin Our society places a premium on physical beauty. Rules and preferences for how we should look are everywhere, and they do a great disservice to us. According to one, Americans spend an average of over $722 each year on their appearance. One in ten Americans has tried to look like a celebrity.
There’s nothing wrong with trying to look our best, but comparing ourselves to models of beauty takes us far away from ourselves. Having a hyper-focus on our physical appearance misses the soulful aspects of what it means to be beautiful. Trying to look like the air-brushed magazine pictures and tv ads of “beautiful” people can take us on a long ride away from what beauty is really all about.
Many of us spend an inordinate amount of time, energy, and money trying to polish an image of what we think will bring
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