Discover the beauty in you...

I happened to watch a movie called “The sisterhood of the travelling pants”. Not a much known movie, I guess.

The movie is about four friends. They find a pair of jeans, which coincidentally fits all four of them perfectly. As friends, they  wanted to believe that it’s going to fetch them luck. They decide to share it. During the summer vacations, when they are apart, they decide that each one uses it for a week and then mail it  to the other and so on; so that all of them get to wear it during the vacations.

Now, my post here, is not going to narrate the story. Neither am I going to go on explaining their friendship. Yes, the movie did remind me a lot about my girl pals, but the movie had something more to offer.

One girl among them was timid and shy, unlike the others. She posed strong from inside and delicate outside. She wouldn't want guys to look at her and would always shy away if a stranger tries to make a conversation, even when it was only casual. To speak to the world, she indulged only in painting. She believed that she was not like the other girls, in a very demotivated way. She never liked to dress up. It was only with these friends that she laughed.

Greece was her native land. She goes there to spend her vacations. She confronts a young boy there who tries to be nice to her. She shies away from him, as always. At a point of time, he stops her and asks, “Why do you always run away from me, when I try to make a conversation?” 

She says with humility, “I am not a kind of girl you would want to know. You wouldn't feel happy having me around, because I am no fun. I don’t wear any trendy clothes, nor do I take efforts to look beautiful, nor do I want the world to look at me”. 

He just smiles and says “You don’t want the world to see how you look, because you want the world to see something else in you”.

The moment that boy uttered those words; I was just taken away by a series of thoughts. Such an amazing feel, so beautifully and effortlessly expressed. She suddenly realized that; that one behavior of her's, which she always thought was weird of her, which was a barrier to her connection with the world didn't actually exist. There was actually something exceptional about her. But not for that special person, she wouldn't have realized it. 

And yes, she falls in love with that sane and lovely person when she gets to wear those luck bringing jeans, and the story ends.

So many people around with so many social networking sites, so many clash of theories and ideas; this world is actually suggesting people to take up different identities and personalities; one could be the actual you and the other could be the person whom you want the world to see you as. People try to borrow traits from others, and then own it. You end up becoming someone else' image, rather than just being you. The real is lost. The actual pleasure lies in letting the world find your beauty and appreciating it. Be the beauty in any.

It’s such a sweet thing to discover about yourself and live by it. Beauty doesn't need to necessarily exist in the body or your looks. It’s eternal. It could exist in your culture, values, education, ideas, passion, the way your mind works, the way your soul speaks... Believe me; the inner self of anyone is always beautiful.

Discover what you are, why you are so, believe in it and live by it. There can’t be a better you. You are unique, so are your sensibilities.

I believe so...

Sharing my visions to find a better you,

Shwetha