Beautiful

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

God never creates an ugly thing. There is beauty in everything. It's just that sometimes it is hiding and we have to look for it. Everything in our world is meant to help us learn, grow, and succeed. Obstacles are meant to help us find out how much we want to acheive something as well as to learn how to overcome them. Frustrations are meant to teach us perseverance and problem-solving. When something is a long time coming, it teaches us patience. Everything is there for our own benefit.

Beauty is really in the eye of the beholder. It is not anything to do with the physical attributes of something but has to do with the beleifs, values, and attitudes of the person who sees it. That is why there is such a variety of loved things in this world. It stands to reason that if we could adjust our beleifs, values, and attitudes, we really could see the beauty in everyone and everything.

When we see something that initially looks ugly, we need to look closer. There has to be something good about it somewhere. The desert hides a well, if only we will search it out. Nothing is without beauty, without a redeeming grace.