Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

This weekend was the first time I ventured out and did my hair with hot rollers. What a transformation that made. I was shocked at how different I looked, and because of that, how different I felt. This must be the reason why anyone alters their physical appearance. Obviously there is nothing wrong with improving your self image by doing your hair or wearing makeup. But where do you draw the line of going too far? How much is too much? Natural beauty is practically lost these days. Maybe if people worked on their inner beauty as much as their outer, this world would be a better place.

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Thanks?

Thank you. Two of the easiest words anyone could say, and yet they can make such a huge impact. It's funny how people only say those words in certain situations. I was eating out at a restaurant the other day and kept thanking the waitress when she brought my drink and food and whatnot. Every time she just kind of looked at me strange, like I wasn't supposed to be thanking her. After working for so long in the food industry, I love thanking people that don't often get the thanks they deserve. Most people just assume that is what they are getting paid for. Anyways... that was my little tangent. Thanksgiving is a good time to reflect on the things we should be thankful for on an every day basis. I love how Paul puts it:

"I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am." Phillipians 4:11-13

Sometimes it's hard to think that I have anything to be thankful for, but I know I always have way more than I even realize. I'm healthy. I have a wonderful family, great friends, and an amazing husband, all who love me so much! And my needs are always met. I might not have all the money in the world to do exciting things, but I have a car to take me to the Fresh Market so that I can walk around and look at all the things I'd like to buy. And that was just as much fun, if not more fun, than actually buying anything.

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
- Buddha