What is beautiful?
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
This is a proverb that all of us have known all these while. Even though a particular thing can be beautiful to this individual, it may not be beautiful to another. But have we ever wondered why humans are always into beautiful things?
When we are young, we accept everything that we have because we do not have the ability to differentiate between what is beautiful and what is not. Slowly as we grow, we were influenced by our surroundings and humans tend to choose things that they themselves think that it is beautiful.
However, children that are brought up in the non-wealthy family usually do not have that much opportunity to choose things as they wish to. As compared to those that are born in the more wealthy ones, there is a vast difference in the way of upbringing. Children in poorer families are usually been brought up with minimal things around them. They do not have the choice to choose more beautiful toys as those are the more expensive things to buy. Hence, these children will tend to accept whatever that they have as long as they have the equal fun as other children. Children brought up in this way will tend to appreciate more about things around them. A beautiful thing to them is just something that people can buy with more money.
Children in the wealthy family tend to be more fortunate than those in the poor ones. They are generally more pampered with gifts and toys and this indirectly creates a mindset in them that they will choose for the better things which are usually more beautiful and proper.
Humans are more reluctant to accept things that are not so beautiful. Why is that so? I also sometimes wonder. This issue has been in my mind for a while and I tried to search for the answer. Recently I realized that beautiful things are not permanent. Things that are beautiful at this moment or period of time may not be the same way as it is years later. As things are constantly changing, there is nothing in particular that can be the same all de time. Let’s say that we choose something that is beautiful at this point of time. But does it mean that we will not abandon that thing when it is not beautiful anymore?
What I really realize is that no human being wants to be not beautiful. It is the fact that we ourselves can’t change sometimes. Does it mean that if your child is not beautiful, you will not love them? It is the mindset and perception that one has to change towards how they judge things. Do not judge a book by its cover. Go for more values and search for the things that are not seen on the surface. Beauty is just at skin deep level. I would like to conclude that the most beautiful thing in the world cannot be seen nor touched…but are felt in the heart. Do not judge things through your eyes but try to feel things with your true heart and you will definitely find that it is the right thing that you are seeking for which really makes you appreciate it more than you think you would. This is the real thing that is really beautiful!
