IS YOUR CHARACTER AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUR APPEARANCE ?
OUTER BEAUTY is an obsession
Upmarket clothes and cosmetics
Really cool and sophisticated appearance !
I want to look and smell good
Nobody wants to be ostracised
Nobody wants to offend others
Everybody wants to be accepted ~ so we
Readily conform to Custom and Fashion
BUT ~ do we spend our time & money on
Externals and neglect our Character ? Am I
A HEDONIST obsessed with pleasure and beauty ?
Unfortunately it is easy to focus on externals and
To neglect our INNER BEAUTY ~ to SPRAY but not PRAY
YOU know yourself ~ do you need to refocus ?
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Hugs to all BRIAN
We need to have more balance in each of our lives !
A balance between our outward appearance and our
Inner Character. Do you think we are more concerned
with how we look (external) than how we act (inner) ?
This poem is an Acrostic 3~5~6 Sonnet ~ OK
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Author:
BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: April 11th, 2017 02:13
- Comment from author about the poem: In the WEST the 21st C is increasingly HEDONISTIC ! We value Pleasure and outward Appearance above Spiritual Values ! Good looks are more valued than good living. As in everything we need to be balanced and in equilibrium. We should spend as much time and money on developing our inner character (Love ~ Joy ~ Peace ~ Patience ~ Gentleness ~ Goodness ~ Faithfulness ~ Humility and Self Control) and helping others as we do on our appearance and clothing ~ a balance of inner and outer beauty ! Comments welcome ~ Love and Peace to All ~ BRIAN XOX
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Nicely said.
Thanks GARRY pleased you appreciated it ~ BRIAN
So much truth in these wise suggestions my friend.
Thanks FAY ~ you always display "inner beauty" in your poems and your comments ! I knew you would approve of the concept of balancing our inner and outer beauty I Yours B
Great message well put.
Thanks MICHAEL ~ it is also a message to myself to be clean on both the "inside & outside" ~ Yours BRIAN.
Agreed Brian!
Thanks HONEY ~ Love your approval for the equilibrium of our "inner & outer" beauty. Beautiful Hugs ~ BRIAN
nice work and so true
Thanks WILLY ~ For ones wee ode to be considered both nice and true ~ is praise indeed ~ Yours BRIAN !
True words.
Thanks ANGEL ~ pleased you enjoyed it ~ Hugs BRIAN
Sad, but true, great write
Yes indeed TONY ~ The increasing hedonistic character is sad ~ BUT ~ each one of us can make a difference ~ every blessing ~ BRIAN
Welcome
Thank you for writing this! I have seen the most breathtakingly beautiful people be so ugly on the inside. Your poem is spot on. Lets just say my life and those that i keep close are well balanced. Really great topic! Hugs-Christina
Thanks CHRIS ~ I know you are balanced ~ inside and out ~ that is what makes you SPECIAL. We should all care for our outer appearance ~ we don't want to frighten the Children ! However it is the IN & OUT balance that is the key to being a balanced person and a a good Christian Witness ! Balanced HUGS ~ BRIAN.
Good write and well said. Our inner selves show our beauty.
Thanks BROTHER It is the balance of OUTER respectability and INNER responsibility that is important ! Thanks for your comments ~ BRIAN
this is sad but it is very true... Great write.
Thanks ELIZABETH ~ I agree ~ SAD but TRUE. The important thing for Men as well as Ladies ~ is to be well groomed and as smart as we are financially able ~ but our outward appearance to be balanced by a smart and well groomed CHARACTER ! Our attitude should always be as "GOOD" (or even "BETTER" !) than our appearance ~ Yours BRIAN
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