Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: America, appearance, beauty, class, contest, discussion, history, Jesus, kindness, life, Professor, quality, quotes, smiles, spirit, student, success, youth
We place great emphasis on a narrow idea of physical beauty.
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In an American history discussion group, the professor was trying to
explain how, throughout history, the concept of “beauty” changes with
time. “For example,” he said, “take the 1921 Miss America. She stood
five-foot-one inch tall, weighed 108 pounds and sported a 30-inch
bust, a 25-inch waist and 32-inch hips. How do you think she’d do in
today’s version of the contest?”
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Mar 18 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: age, beauty, body, challenge, courage, day, era, Heaven, history, importance, inspiration, life, Lord, love, mind, morning, opportunity, period, purpose, strength, thought, time, vision
To so many, getting up in the morning is the worst way to begin a day. To them every morning is the morning after, a time to feel nervous anxiety and regret in the deepest sense, while to others morning is a new world. Yesterday ceased to be with sleep last night. How much better off we’d be if only for a few hours we could put out of our minds every painful thought and every unpleasant person until the mind and body could find enough new life to begin again. “The early morning hath gold in its mouth,” wrote Franklin. But it has things more precious than gold. It has life as fresh and sweet as the shimmering, clinging dewdrops in the first rays of golden sunlight. It has the grace of mimosa leaves rippling in the gentlest breeze. It has the songs of the birds and the love of a new awakening. And in this breathless creation is something more. A new