True beauty is from within

By Eva Diva

Beauty is not always about how you look, what you are wearing or how you smell.

Despite emphasis on what is hip, what counts as true beauty is not judged by how the palette you used for your make-up matches your skin colouring, if the clothes you wear flatter your figure or if your hairdo is trendy.

 Physical beauty fades. True beauty is the peace and serenity you hold inside your heart. Having peace and serenity in your heart has benefits to your body and mind.

Serenity and inner peace reduce the amount of stress you are experiencing and strengthens your mind and personality into taking more challenges. If our bodies experience as little stress as possible, it makes it less susceptible to diseases.

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How much do we spend on new outfits, skin care and cosmetics every year? You don’t have to spend money to gain inner peace and serenity; you only need time.

Unfortunately, we are all busy running from one task to another, struggling to fill in our roles as mothers, sisters, daughters and career women.

There are many things that need to be done and yet so little time to do it. The rituals are as simple as taking a walk, leaving everything behind and focusing on just taking in the sights, sounds and the smells you encounter as you walk. The exercise that you get can be invigorating and the energy helps you relax and relieve anxiety.

Close your eyes everyday for five minutes and blank your mind out for a short while, just to give your mind a rest. Take time to appreciate things.

Take a brief pause from work, get some coffee and stare out at the sky from your window. If you are feeling low, you can uplift yourself by uplifting others. Smiling is contagious and seeing others smile can get you smiling too.

Another thing women have to remember about smiling is that even though something unpleasant has happened to us, it shows us to be poised and self-contained. A poised and confident woman is always an admirable one.

Gaining inner beauty is not a quick fix; all it takes is the commitment to set some time for yourself and to connect your mind to everything that is around you. It makes us warm, our skin glow radiantly and makes us smile.

More importantly it makes us look younger.