it is monday, today.

well, duh. and for the past 3 days i've been devouring a 'guide to life' book from Sean Covey called 'the 6 most important decisions you'll ever make'. it's hilarious and inspiring and utterly helpful, i tell you.

there was one chapter which is all about self-worth. i find this rather important because really, people could feel really down and under-appreciated at times. and it is a matter of how other people sees you and how you see yourself. when i look in the mirror i see, quite admittedly, a not-so-much attractive girl, and do i let that bug me?

yes. yes, it bugs me so that i can't make full eye-contacts even with my friends. but above all, i see potential. not only in my appearance but also inside, even if i'm not a wholly good person inside, because i know i'm not.

but then, everyone knows beauty doesn't come from the outside. not most of the time, anyway. sure, appearance is something, but it's not everything.

here are some quick beauty tips, and i recommend that even if you're a guy, you'll read this too (fat chance since no guy *well maybe jeeday or fikarhe, once or twice* reads my blog. ever.) :

Beauty Tips by Sam Levenson

For attractive lips,

speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,

seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,

share your food with the hungry.

For a beautiful hair,

let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise

walk with knowledge that you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored,

Renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;

Never throw anybody out.

The beauty of a woman is not the clothes she wears,

The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,

Because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

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i fell in love with the poem the first time i read it. i tell you, Sean Covey and Sam Levenson are some awesome authors.