The most beautiful people...
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depth.I came across this motivational quote the other day ā I canāt say if someone of notoriety said this or if it was a person who had insight into the human condition.
Beautiful people do not just happen.
Either way, I like it very much.
I think it may come from a fundamental belief that when something is too easy we are given nothing for it, and although I will admit I may be misguided with this simple premise, I donāt believe we grow when something is too easy. We are hardwired for struggle when we come into this world and itās the struggle that is the blue print for our growth and success ā having it too easy isnāt holistically in our best interest.
As a species we have done an extremely good job of controlling our environment and minimizing the historical struggles that came with day to day survival (the spectre of famine, war, disease, or the wrath of mother nature). Iām not suggesting that these still arenāt very real for people but I will suggest that in North America, for the most part, when someone says they had a day where they really struggled, they are not referring the four horsemen.
Black and white; good and bad; right and wrong, love and hate, sweet and sourā¦ hard and easy. More and more we seem to think in absolutes, whereas itās really about the spectrum between these opposing extremes; it is the struggle that happens between the two polar extremes where our growth and strength can be found. And as the quote suggests, it is only in that struggle that you will ever become all you can be (aka beautiful). When itās easy there is no effort but when itās a struggle there is effort, strain, creative thinking, adversity, development, defeat, understanding, and victory. It may just be me, but I just donāt see the beauty (or adventure, for that matter) in something being easy.
And as I think about it, I think it also applies to familiar, controlled, comfortable and predictable.
Although, as I said, I may be misguided.
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Grahamš Edwards
5 years ago #7
Grahamš Edwards
5 years ago #6
Thanks for the comment as it is very very thought provoking... you are right beauty stands by itself and not relative to something else. And I suppose if you only use one sense and one mind set you are missing so much. Thanks Zacharias \ud83d\udc1d Voulgaris
Grahamš Edwards
5 years ago #5
Thanks for the comment Preston \ud83d\udc1d Vander Ven... yes inner self (spirit) is really important, and maybe really the only thing as you suggest.
Grahamš Edwards
5 years ago #4
Thanks Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier... reflection is a good one. Definitely needed!!!
Grahamš Edwards
5 years ago #3
Thanks for the comment Harvey Lloyd... I do like the word grit. I just watch the TED talk by Angela Lee Duckworth on the subject... he's the link if you haven't seen it. https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance And you are right, you definitely want those people on your team.
Zacharias š Voulgaris
5 years ago #2
Harvey Lloyd
5 years ago #1