I’ve been reading Unbinding the Heart, A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love by Agapi Stassinopoulos. It is a wonderful little book. While little in size, it is large in sharing wisdom on how we can open our hearts to live an authentic and fulfilling life. Ms. Stassinopoulos teaches with learning moments from her own life and her mother’s. Examples that we can relate to. There are many passages/ideas that I love and intend to write down for my own reference, such as couple coming from “Change the Channel” and “Finding Your Voice.” However, I want to share with you a passage on beauty that I think we all can apply individually, and thereby unbind our collective hearts from the marketing hype of perfection in beauty.
From The Chapter: “You’re Just Pretty, You’re Not Beautiful“
At the heart of our obsession with glamour lies the need to feel important. But important to whom? How important are we to ourselves? When the lights go out and the music stops and the glitter fades, it’s us alone with ourselves, just our own light and our own shadow. How do we feel then about the beauty that’s in us?
Beauty should enrich us, not enslave us. If we feel unattractive, imperfect, or simply insecure, then beautifying ourselves is an act of masking and covering up. But when we know the beauty of our real self and choose to reflect it in the way we wear makeup or jewelry or clothes, then it’s an act of creativity and self-expression to amplify an inner radiance–not disguising what we are, but adorning it for all to see. The archetype of Aphrodite, the goddess of glamour if ever there was one exudes a quintessential beauty that’s not bound by size, age, or fashion, and you always know this beauty when you see it. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen ancient statues of Aphrodite, but they don’t fit our 21st-century ideal! She had a rounded belly and voluptuous hips; she was real.
Unbinding the Heart, A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love Agapi Stassinopoulos. http://unbindingtheheart.com/
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