INSPIRATION | Beauty

Beauty can so easily be equated with vanity.

I personally have felt shame about my own beauty and natural affinity for beautiful things because of this perception placed on me as I was developing.

Yet, my soul was always drawn to making things pretty, to appreciate beautiful things and people, and create a beautiful environment for home where it is my happy place - my sanctuary. I've always approached my life as when given one man's trash, turning it into another one's treasure in repurposing, fixer-uppering, or completely transforming something.

Beauty really is, as they say, in the eye of the beholder.

I see patina of something aged, worn from being kept and loved for so long.

I see the indentations of hands that crafted a one-of-kind piece of art.

I see scars of the beauty of having fought battles to gain strength from being forged in fire.

I see cracks that show something can seem broken, and yet be solidly whole.

I see the smile in the light of one's eyes despite the lips uttering a story to cause a frown.

I see the imperfections that make something uniquely perfect.

I see the flaws that make something authentic.

Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

With LOVE. Always,

Thuy