Beauty is love

Beauty is love

What is beauty? Many people say that beauty is the physical appearances which attract the attention of others such as good-looking, handsome, lovely or tall, but some focus on inner beauty as our ancestor says that “beauty is not skin deep”. Clearly, nobody is wrong or right here because each of us has a different perception of beauty. Moreover, the change of time and the cultural difference of each country, beauty is also defined in so many ways, but what I am going to share that beauty is simple. Beauty is love.

Have you ever heard the song “Đẹp trai thì mới có nhiều đứa yêu” of the singer Song Luân? It means that to have more beloved, you have to be handsome. This song quickly became a social networking movement of Vietnam’s youth because there were more than 6 million views on YouTube in 2015. Therefore, some young people today care about appearance to choose beloved or make friends, even standard to dating with a boyfriend or a girlfriend are handsome, six packs for men; beautiful, V-line face, fit body for women. Moreover, nowadays, there are many companies which care not only ability, certificate, but they also care about physical appearances when they employ staff, especially almost in the artistic fields. Certainly, the physical appearance was the most important standard of beauty with many people in society.

 However, perhaps there are few people who believe in inner beauty such as soul, personality, virtue, but Saint Thomas Aquinas – a doctor of catholic church- said that: “Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul”. Love is beautiful. It is the mysterious force that binds people together and it comes in many forms, not only from appearance. Sometimes, it can be ugly, but it is always beautiful.

I believe that we repeatedly hear about unconditional love what we find the most beautiful. Our parents love us unconditionally. They are willing to sacrifice their life to give the best things to us. It is so deep and unchanging. That is a permanent beauty which comes from the deepest soul of our parents. Besides, loving others is one of the best ways to show our inner beauty and make our life to be better and full of humanity. Clearly, when we love someone, we always want to do everything we can to take care of them and try to make them happy. This often means sacrificing the things that make us happiest, so learning to be more giving and selfless is an extremely beautiful thing in our society today. Therefore, beauty here is no longer appearance, but it is a beauty which comes from heart, soul and virtue.

Truly, the physical appearance is important to evaluate beauty of each person, but it cannot become the first standard or reliable measure to evaluate the real beauty in our life. Instead of this, the inner values – forgiveness, kindness, compassion, especially love, are just worthy to perceive the beauty of a person.