Inspired by the beautiful people I had the pleasure of being around during Thanksgiving Break:

 

I think we should view people the way we view the sun.

I mean we’ve all heard the quotes from the movies:

“Her hair shined like the sun” “He was radiant as the sun”,

And on and on.

We call the sun beautiful, yet we never actually look at it for its conventional beauty,

But we can’t even look at the sun.

It’s just a flaming ball in the sky that hurts our eyes.

What we find truly beautiful is the way it makes us feel…

The feeling of its rays on a summer day

Sitting in the grass with your best friends, letting the light bathe your face

That is beauty.

We should look at people the same way;

Not blinded by appearances,

So the next time you’re with someone…

See them.

I mean really see them.

See the way their eyes shine like a thousand suns when they talk.

Feel the way your heart races,

Or that you just feel whole because they’re around.

Because people are gifts,

And it’s nice and all if they’re “pretty”,

But what really matters is how they make you feel…