la belleza

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. i look around every day admiring the beauty in things that on the surface may not appear to be the most fabulous, picture perfect image or setting. in considering beauty looking beyond the traditional or conventional physical traits makes all the difference and all it takes is an extra bit of attention. i was walking down a street in manhattan, not the prettiest or cleanest street, it hadn't received all the tlc that wealthier neighborhoods receive but with all that said it didn't quite matter. the beauty was not in the physical aesthetic of this highly trafficked street but the vibrant energy that buzzed about me as i made my way to my destination. the people, the music, the culture is what radiated here and that was more beautiful to witness. the blessing of physical beauty may not exist in everything but inner beauty or that which lies beneath the surface in the quiet of a moment of reflection is aboundingly more precious.