Coffee with Chuck

Beauty. Beauty, what is it? Is beauty just a sense of sight? Is beauty something we only imagine? Is beauty something we only dream of? The antonym of beauty is ugliness. And there sure is a lot of ugliness in the world. Ugliness can prevent us from seeing beauty. We think we need to see beauty. We think we need to see something extraordinary. We think beauty is a rarity, that is why we value it so much. Beauty is not far-fetched. But beauty is all around us. You do not have to avoid the ugliness to see beauty. I am sure you heard the phrase “There is beauty in the struggle”. Well, the same is true for ugliness. We need the ugliness in order to see recognize beauty. We need ugliness to appreciate beauty. Beauty is when we see the trees of fall shedding their vibrant red, orange, and yellow leafs. The shedding of the leafs signifies a cleansing, some sort of a rebirth. As the leafs drift to the ground they are creating space for new life to grow. This is beauty. It is beauty that the world naturally creates the possibility for new life. It is beauty that we can change like the leafs. Just like the leafs in a beautiful process we can shed our leafs, our bad habits, relationships that do not serve us, the fears and anxieties that we hold, the pressure we feel, and the trauma we are healing from. This is beauty. Beauty is not just something we see, but it is something that is felt. Like when we walk over the fall leafs and feel the crunch under our feet. We can feel beauty in our bones and muscles. Beauty is felt in our cheeks when we cannot stop smiling. Beauty is felt in our bellies when we cannot stop laughing with our best friends. We feel beauty when our favorite song raises our vibrations and moves us to dance. Beauty is felt when we feel the warmth of the first sip of a fresh cup of coffee. You see beauty is all around us. We feel beauty all the time, but we do not always recognize it. Beauty is pure and simple. Beauty is innate. Beauty lives inside of us. We are beauty. We must accept this fact because beauty is what makes the world go round. Our beauty lights up the world. We must recognize our beauty. We must fight to hold on to our beauty. Our beauty is the thing that out shines the ugly. Our beauty makes the world beautiful. We are beauty and we are beautiful.