Society’s definition of beauty never quite correlated with mine

The dictionary defines beauty as a spectrum of qualities that please one’s aesthetic senses

Society links beauty to those with enthralling eyes and petite, delicate features; those with captivating looks and defined figures

For some, these characteristics are enough to declare a person as beautiful

Yet; Beauty is not merely found in any, physically attractive person

I see beauty through a different lens

There are things I find beautiful in every person I know 

At times, I wish these people could see all of the little things that make them beautiful 

We don't ever realize how much our inner beauty shines through on those around us 

I reckon that I could list an entire dictionary’s worth of traits I admire, traits found within each and every one of my friends

We seem to acknowledge that beauty is subjective and that one man’s trash may very well be another man’s treasure,

Yet we don’t consider our own worth and value in the eyes of not only the world, but ourselves

If we could get even a small glimpse into how beautiful we appear when we ramble on about topics we are interested in, or when we helplessly laugh a few decibels too loud, or when we restlessly wait for a loved one at the airport so that the second we see them we’ll hurry towards them in need of a hug,

We would see how beautiful we are in motion and in life

We cannot let society’s cookie cutter standards of beauty influence how we see ourselves 

When we attempt to categorize ourselves among the hierarchy of people in the world or assign ourselves numbers as if we are contestants in a beauty pageant, we condone the victory of society’s definition of beauty 

Individuality is beautiful

Authenticity is beautiful 

Society’s definition of beauty is not beautiful