Let me tell you up front, this is a beauty contest. I want to see how you all are redefining what "beautiful" looks like. I want to see your world through your eyes. Find someone or something that strikes you as beautiful and tell me why!
A comment alone will be worth one entry, a picture plus a comment will be worth two entries. If you can't post a picture in the comments, email one to:
redefinelabelleza@gmail.com.
Since I know so many of my readers personally, I will be using Random.org to pick a winner.
I will close the contest and choose the winner on May 26, 2012 at 10 pm (central time).
The winner will receive a copy of the book Turning Heads: Portraits of Grace, Inspiration, and Possibilities by Jackson Hunsicker (2006).
I will announce the winner on May 27. If you are the lucky winner, you will have 5 days to respond with your mailing address (you can send it to redefinelabelleza@gmail.com). I will ship your prize via UPS ground unless we need to make other arrangements.
Any questions?
Have fun! I can't wait to see the entries.
Thinking!!! There's so many directions I can go with this! I see beauty in so many places, in so many styles..... I hope to see other's entries soon - - I can suppose there won't be any duplicates!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI started bringing my camera with me everywhere... cuz you just never know! I will post something soon. :)
ReplyDeleteI was at a flea market where all the items were tarnished, cracked, bent and broken in some way; yet my eyes took in the beauty at each and every item while my heart filled with a certain peace of times gone by. The wooden rocking horse with a missing ear had me wondering what fun the child must have had riding this toy when it was new. I picked up a clay pot that was chipped along the edge, but I could smell the dirt that had once been there and in my mind saw beautiful flowers. Several years passing had caused the newborn baby bib to turn from white to yellow, but the ladybug design still made me smile. The old shoes now tattered and torn had once held a person while they traveled, laughed and loved. I look out at the world today and see hunger, financial fear, lack of faith and belief... I wish for the world to step back and take a tour thru the flea market around them. Take time to see the beauty in all things around us, and bring back memories of those cherished moments as we're taken back to better and more peaceful days. After that walk thru history, I was able to open the door and step into the world of Now - and I still find beauty!
ReplyDeleteA coworker spoke with tear filled eyes of a daughter who had left home in a drugged stupor and hadn’t returned. She had heard that I worked as a 12 step recovery facilitator for many years and she wondered if I had ever had any positive results. She was grasping for a straw of hope in a very devastated environment.
ReplyDeleteOutside her office window was a young man who she had pointed out earlier as a model employee. He is always smiling as he works and goes out of his way to help others.
I smiled as I remembered the broken lives that he and his wife had when they first came to me. They had been deep in the Meth culture for years and wanted out. And though it took a few years they are now both doing well, building lives that are full of joy and contentment.
The hope of beauty that a parent sees in their child may be lost to poor choices for a time. Tragedy strikes in many forms that can cause physical, mental, or emotional scarring that will last a lifetime. Yet, that which mares us can also shape us into stronger, more caring individuals. None of it happens over night. Learning to see beauty in broken lives is difficult, but essential. We must see the beauty in them in order to move them past the brokenness to where they can see themselves as the beautiful person they were created to be.
And yes, when I pointed him out, more tears flowed even as hope grew.