What is Beauty?  Is it so shallowly defined that it forces one to strive to be as all others, or is Beauty what we desire, design, create or BE-HOLD?  I believe Beauty is all of these things.  As we are innately, deeply beautiful,  our own beauty cannot be so defined to be as anyone else……we are our own uniqueness.  Our beauty is incarnate and radiates the total essence of who we are from the inside out.  The way we see the world around us, the confidence we possess about ourselves, and the experiences we love and enjoy help  us to identify and decide what is Beauty, and what is Beautiful.  What you decide to BE-HOLD is your perception, and yours alone which need never be judged, or compared to what others or society deem as beauty or Beauti-ful.  YOU!! are beauty!  You are filled with it, covered with it, and it shines from your very core, so embrace it and behold it in everything you see, and feel. Bathe yourself in the BEAUTY that you Be-Hold, for it is your beholding that true Beauty is defined!

So how do we embrace the beauty within, and around us?  Let’s start with the senses.  Our greatest assets to embracing and beholding the beauty we see and feel. Feeling the smoothness of soft skin, seeing a field of colorful flowers, to the magnificent fragrances of nature and the outdoors, our wonderful senses stimulate endorphin’s in our brain.  Because of this, they cause us to love what makes us feel good, and see the beauty of things in a totally different way.  This experience is freeing and eye opening, and changes how we experience the worlds around us.  We are then provided a platform to “Be-Hold” Beauty in our own way which is unique to us and not be seen or experienced the same by any other. So step boldly, yet gracefully into the position of a Be-Holder with some of these helpful starters. 

Enjoy! and Happy Beholding!

Here are some tips to help you along your journey to becoming or being a Beauty Beholder:

1. Enjoy the things that make you smile, laugh and feel as free as possible.
2. Surround yourself with wonderful aromatic fragrances, pretty colors, flowers or art as a way to lift your spirits.
3. Look around and find what inspires you and makes you unique…then embrace it and even share it.  It makes the inspiration more profound.
4. Appreciate the things you love and enjoy about yourself and write it down. This will allow you  to reflect on yourself later.
5. Do the “Watch and See” experiment- *sit outdoors in a park, open restaurant or any open space where you can watch and see other woman, people or objects and find something beautiful about them/it.
6. Explore different Personas!  Have fun expressing a different era either your hairstyle, dressing or accessories your new look will bring out some new vibes for your personality and you may just fall in love with your creativity!
7. Don’t look for your FLAWS!!!  But see what makes you valuable and speak beauty to yourself…*remember “Beauty is in the EYE of the Beholder!” BE-HOLD your beauty!
8. Revisit the photos of yourself that you really like, while focusing on your own positives and the aspects of your beautiful appearance and style.
9. Reaffirm your strengths and talents.
10. Smile, Smile, Smile.,