Heather Pound

We were not meant to live with constant

images of ourselves, mirrors and

cameras and things such as these

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This is something that we have created

and not for our own wellbeing

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It is far better to focus on the person

that we are inside, to appreciate them

deeply and foster their growth

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This is who we really are

and this is what honestly matters

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and whether we believe it or not,

this is what people of consequence

actually see

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I wonder if part of growing old

is to watch the beauty change

so that we focus more within

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but how much better would it be

to start at that place first

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–when I was small and people would admire my most distinctive feature, my mother used to say, “She’s pretty on the inside, too.”