DP Daily Prompt: Absolute Beauty

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We’ve all heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Do you agree? Is all beauty contingent on a subjective point of view?There is a truth to the phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ It is true in some cases , but I do not think all beauty is contingent on a subjective point of view.

In this magnificent world there is all kinds of beauty which is not considered subjective. Let me talk about nature first, there are a few amazing things in nature that I’ll name which very few would dislike.

They are:

1.Volcanic lightning aka “dirty thunderstorms.”

2.Frozen air bubbles in Abraham Lake.

3.Underground natural springs in Mexico.

4.Giant crystal cave in Nacia , Mexico.

5. Shimmering shores of Vaadhoo, Maldives.

6. Reflective salt flats in Bolivia.

7. Light pillars over Moscow.

8. Natural salt water fountain off the coast of Oregon.

9. Beautiful sandstone formations in Arizona.

10. Rainbow Eucalyptus trees in Kaiua, Hawaii.

I’d also like to mention birds, animals, people, all these are not subjective nearly everyone appreciates these.

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365 days Writing Prompt: The Glass?

Is the glass half full or half empty?

 

I think about this idiom in my day to day life,there are times when I’m an optimist and tell myself the glass is half full, then something happens and my perspective changes I see the glass as half empty.

Buddha remarked, “Life is a creation of the mind”.

Shakespeare said “there is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

Flip Wilson’s character Geraldine brought this idea to life, when he said,”what you see is what you get”.

Something which is important to note which makes a difference is to understand what we see in our life has a lot to do with how we see it.

We fail to see our lives objectively, we are subjective creatures hence we see our lives through filters. We all have our personalities, we see things differently.

The word therapist frightens us because we are worried they may change us completely, it is a wrong idea according to Psychologists, they try to help us to see the world more accurately to live our life effectively.

I was always made to believe I was a poor student and I’d never be  successful. I was never confident of myself even though my profs. thought I had a lot of potential. I remember I visited a family friend after my final exam, she asked me how was it, ‘will you pass’ ?

As usual I said I did not know.

She remarked,”maybe you’ll pass and will get third class.” 

I was unhappy, but lacked the optimism to tell her, no I’ll do better. Here was a person who knew nothing about me but did not hesitate to pass her judgement about my academic capability. It was one of my siblings who put this idea in her mind.

No one in my family ever listened to me with any kind of interest. There was no one in my family who ever took the time to understand to know me.  One person who would have shown interest was my father, sadly he died when I had just turned twelve.

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