I love beautiful people. Not super model beautiful people. Most supermodels are part plastic, and on magazine covers we all know the great miracles computers can do. A little more here... a little less there... et voila, you have the perfect human being.
But no, it's not that kind of beauty I'm talking about.
I'm talking about beautiful people I encounter all around me. My friends (specifically Shady Lady at Wicked. I was just blown away by how beautiful she looked in her dress and with her make up), my family, but also strangers. I met a friend this morning, who walked into the building at Village with her yoga mat... and she glowed, she was beautiful, and she looked very happy. I stared at her, because I thought, "Wow, how beautiful is she."
Another time I saw a dad at Hallmark. He stood in front of the birthday cards with his daughter, picking out cards for "mommy's birthday". This man was so beautiful to me, the way he was holding his card, reading it, and at the same time he was helping his daughter decide, which card she wanted. I stood right around the corner and watched that little scene, and I was so fascinated and in love with both of them.
I thoroughly enjoy watching people, and I go out of my way to tell them that I think they're beautiful, if I feel they are okay hearing it. I love eyes, and lips, I quite enjoy a face full of freckles. I took belly dancing lessons, and one of the teachers was a young woman with a funky hairdo and butterfly tattoos up and down her back. She was gorgeous, and I couldn't help staring at her. :)
So, if you ever meet me, and you find I'm staring at you, you're probably right. I am. The reason is quite likely that I find you beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I know what you mean. I love watching beautiful people, too. Sometimes I wish I could ask for permission to stare ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut like you, I am not referring to plastic, coxcombs. Mostly, I like elegant, self-confident, kind individuals who also happen to have fine features. But generally, they're not over-dressed or wearing too much make-up (the women). They light up the room with their presence.
I think you are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching people, and you can tell a lot just by watching how someone holds their head, and walks....but I very rarely notice looks. I guess it is perspective.
ReplyDeleteI'm a hardcore people watcher. I wish I was brave enough to give voice to those compliments when they pop into my head. Alas, only children receive my declarations of beauty.
ReplyDeleteI find that I watch my boys faces. I love looking at Zacharys bright green eyes and Brandons freckles all over his face. I am such a proud mama!!
ReplyDeleteI do this too...and it always sort of freaks me out a bit...I mean, I don't want to make someone uncomfortable by staring at them, but sometimes I just have to do it! So I def know what you are saying...
ReplyDeleteI do this all the time! And there are so many times I want to say to them, "Do you have any idea how beautiful you are? I just want you to know that you are stunning." I see that in you, too, Freckle.
ReplyDeleteI was going to make a joke that you must have been staring at me, but then you went ahead and mentioned me. *blush* Love you!
Yep, I'm right there with ya.... (You beautiful thing in your "Wicked" outfit!!)
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful scenes that melt my heart like a hot knife through butter, men crying (being real) and fathers holding their childrens hands as they are walking somewhere.... Nothing sweeter or more beautiful in the world...
Here's to the beauty all around us!
I So agree! I do the same thing. People fascinate me. And I too will stop and mention it. I think everyone should hear a nice thing now and then. You never know who needs that pick me up, or boost.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I've been busted on occasion too. I adore watching people with their children. There is nothing more pure and beautiful than a parent showing genuine love for their child.
ReplyDeleteI love this (and I do it, too). I actually have a sticker on the back of my van that reads "You are beautiful". I'm hopeful that the person stuck behind me in traffic will take it in.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful post! I too am guilty of this, but I don't like to get caught. People are fascinating creatures.
ReplyDeleteIt's not our looks that makes us beautiful, it's our hearts...when we let them shine through our faces and actions.
ReplyDeleteAre there people who are not people watchers? My BFF loves to make up stories about the people she sees. She is one of the most beautiful people I know.
Great post! I'm a starer too... features can be beautiful... a person can be beautiful just because they have full lips, or dark eyebrows... beauty REALLY comes from within.
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