Friday, December 30, 2005
Handsome or Heart; Pretty or Passion
Why was I not born handsome? Why have God and nature conspired to make me so plain? These are questions I have asked myself in the past, if not in words, in form for certain. Why is my nose too big? Who could want me around with my muscles so flaccid and my middle falling over my belt?
As I have matured and with the advent of reality TV, something has become so very obvious to me. The best-looking men are often the most shallow. The physically pleasing men are usually the ones who are empty of any real soul. With these observations in mind, I have decided to change the way I evaluate myself.
I now ask myself, what qualities a friend or lover wants to see in me. The answers surprised and gratified me. If I was handsome and an empty shell, my vacuous insides would soon be apparent to anyone who got close to me. If heart and passion for life were the standards that judged me, I would be the equal of any man and the master of most.
If a friend or lover were to judge me unworthy of companionship because of how I looked, then why would I want to be around that person? People are so much more than looks and sex appeal. I believe in myself. My passion for life is beyond what most pretty boys even dream of having. My heart excels to the point of allowing me to soar above the clouds of doubting myself. If there were a contest for depth of character as there are for beauty, I would be Mr. Universe for years untold.
Now I ask myself why I wasted so much time and energy wishing I were something I am not and can never be. How would being handsome and a hunk have changed my life for the better? I choose to live as a person of passion and heart. As a person of passion and heart, my most important task is to support and encourage the other plain Janes and Joes out there who daily put themselves down for their lack of looks.
So what if you are carrying too much weight right now? So what if your body looks funny or weak to you? So what if others who judge by appearances reject you as unlovable? Are you going to listen to an empty shell of a person, or one who is so full of life and soul that he has no equal he is aware of now? Do I sound like someone who is full of myself? Perhaps I am, but better to be full of oneself than to be an empty eggshell of a man that can be destroyed by the first crisis that comes along. The judgment of others has broken many hollow pretty men. I want to be one who can laugh in the face of judgment and scoff when I am said to be unworthy because of looks.
From this day forward, I am the standard. I cannot judge others for their lack of heart or passion, but I can help them to see what an empty life it is to only be good looking.
Lookout clouds of self doubt and despair and grab my hand my friend, we will soar beyond the thoughts of other men to places where only the stout of heart and passionate of soul can trod. Lookout world, the master of heart is coming!
"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing, things which are; " 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28 Modern King James Version
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As I have matured and with the advent of reality TV, something has become so very obvious to me. The best-looking men are often the most shallow. The physically pleasing men are usually the ones who are empty of any real soul. With these observations in mind, I have decided to change the way I evaluate myself.
I now ask myself, what qualities a friend or lover wants to see in me. The answers surprised and gratified me. If I was handsome and an empty shell, my vacuous insides would soon be apparent to anyone who got close to me. If heart and passion for life were the standards that judged me, I would be the equal of any man and the master of most.
If a friend or lover were to judge me unworthy of companionship because of how I looked, then why would I want to be around that person? People are so much more than looks and sex appeal. I believe in myself. My passion for life is beyond what most pretty boys even dream of having. My heart excels to the point of allowing me to soar above the clouds of doubting myself. If there were a contest for depth of character as there are for beauty, I would be Mr. Universe for years untold.
Now I ask myself why I wasted so much time and energy wishing I were something I am not and can never be. How would being handsome and a hunk have changed my life for the better? I choose to live as a person of passion and heart. As a person of passion and heart, my most important task is to support and encourage the other plain Janes and Joes out there who daily put themselves down for their lack of looks.
So what if you are carrying too much weight right now? So what if your body looks funny or weak to you? So what if others who judge by appearances reject you as unlovable? Are you going to listen to an empty shell of a person, or one who is so full of life and soul that he has no equal he is aware of now? Do I sound like someone who is full of myself? Perhaps I am, but better to be full of oneself than to be an empty eggshell of a man that can be destroyed by the first crisis that comes along. The judgment of others has broken many hollow pretty men. I want to be one who can laugh in the face of judgment and scoff when I am said to be unworthy because of looks.
From this day forward, I am the standard. I cannot judge others for their lack of heart or passion, but I can help them to see what an empty life it is to only be good looking.
Lookout clouds of self doubt and despair and grab my hand my friend, we will soar beyond the thoughts of other men to places where only the stout of heart and passionate of soul can trod. Lookout world, the master of heart is coming!
"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing, things which are; " 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28 Modern King James Version
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Hey Don I agree with you 100%. We need more people that think like you! I am with you.
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