“It’s not beautiful…”

 Is it so hard to take a compliment? Why is it not beautiful? It is emotional and heartfelt, and what is more beautiful than that? What is beauty then? All these pretty words on special paper, lines of nouns and verbs and punctuation, is that beauty? “The golden flower that blossoms after a long white winter fills the garden with hope.” Is that beautiful? Do you see the flower growing, pushing through the snow to rise triumphantly and call forth spring to the garden. Can you feel the cold of the snow, and the winter chill that fights against that spring? Beauty is not just the way things are written, or which words are used. It is the feeling, the meaning behind the words that makes them glow. Beauty is not what you see, but what you feel.

 Just like it is not physical appearance that makes a person beautiful. It is not the legs, the ass, the stomach, the chest or breasts, or even the face that makes someone a beautiful person. You are beautiful because when I hold you, I feel like a giant holding a small and fragile child. Then I look into your eyes and I am the child, weak and timid and seeing only comfort there in your eyes. You are beautiful because who you are brings joy and warmth to my life. You are beautiful because when I close my eyes at night I do not just see you, I feel you there with me and we are holding each other close. It is not your body that I miss on those nights, but everything within you that calls to me.

 I do cherish your body but I also respect your mind, have faith in your strength and determination, and love your caring heart. You are more beautiful than you could ever imagine, and one day I hope you will see that. And maybe when you read your words again in a week, or a month, or 5 years from now, you will see the beauty in it as well.