mY naKed Thoughts

For starters, I once hated my nose! huh! keep on reading and don’t stare at my nose on my photo albums! Secondly, I hated my siblings for having their pointed, aquiline nose, the total opposite of mine. It occurred to me that I might be an adopted daughter because of the way our noses looked differently. I’m the eldest, perhaps there was no licence for the making of me yet and so I was made hastily thus I wasn’t being formed precisely as my sis and bro faces. My siblings knew their edge. I can argue with them about anything till my face goes blue and still I’ll never put my case down not unless they shout out my face a name against my nose. They would say it and I’m tamed. Anyway, I know those were just petty squabbles.

I say, God can blame us when He comes back and see that we still feel and look as ugly as we were when He left us. I am not saying it because of the presence of cosmetic surgeons swarming the world today and  that you can utilise them now to change your nose or your face to ready yourself on His coming. That will be a futile attempt of understanding what beauty is. Cosmetic surgeons though can never beautify our brains. They can never enhance the way our minds work. Indeed it it feels good to be outwardly beautiful. It makes our confidence soar for a moment however we know that people are insatiable beings. Everything is infinite till where our greediness will take us, only God knows.

There’s no litmus test on identifying what beauty is. There is no boundary set for it. It’s all within us, in our perception on things. No one can define us as ugly if we see ourselves  beautiful. Yes, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder but I won’t allow anyone to define me. In United States, thin is a standard  when it comes to beauty but not in African country Mauritania,  which is being plump defines it. Beauty can be revered depends on your basis of it.

My basis of it in a woman is the ability to be authentic, to be passionate and true to what she values even her words raise hell by the disagreements of some people. To raise her voice loud to be heard and soften her heart to listen. To be real in her strength and vulnerability. How beautiful a woman that is.

Kind words and gallant acts. Rigid principles and gentle maneuvers. All those attributed a male to be called a “Man”  much as a beautiful man.

The fact is, God has made everything beautiful from ants to flowers to my nose. I’m saying again He will be disappointed when He comes back and see that we still feel ugly because with all the time He had left us in this world, We should realised by now that beauty is only a reflection of ourselves. The world is doomed when we are in anguished and it’s promising when we are delighted. We are beautiful only if we like it.

Let’s savor every inch of our beauty!. My nose is just awesome!