Someone close to me judges the world by whether it is “pretty”
or not; not just the people in the world, but the land, the highways, the
buildings, the trees. Are they pretty? If not you sense, she feels they are not
worthy.
I grew up in a time when I never felt that people were
judged by their looks. Oh, sure, there was the occasional Marilyn Monroe or
James Dean, who ‘wowed’ everyone. But the rest of us were just beings who did their
best to feed their family, enjoy life, smile at you as you pass,or pick up
something you dropped.
You could see them on the street or in the parlor and
notice that smile, hear that laugh, but your first thought was not whether they
were “pretty” or not.
Now, we tend to judge other’s worth by whether they are
pretty or not. It cannot seem to be “She has such a beautiful smile.,or Her
laugh erases a dark day.
So, next time you look for the pretty, how about looking for
the soul behind the smile?
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