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Daily Question, October 6

How can I more consistently honor the beauty in others?

  • Caitlyn

    My mother always believed that the eyes are the window to the soul. As corny as it is, she challenged me to always pray before I truly looked at someone, or tried to understand someone and ask God to show me this person how you He see’s them.

  • Malag

    I have to see it first. It’s easy to see it in those we love. With everyone else it’s harder. We are all cut from the same cloth and the cloth has a beautiful weave.

  • AmyMich211

    I have to remind myself daily and be intentional about it. Recently, I have starting writing a note to myself on the day’s notebook sheet – ‘Talk to others as if you were talking to god.’ This has been helpful when I am talking with others, especially when I am online in meetings. I can just glance down at my down and recommit.

  • Ose
    Somehow the beauty in others, and with it, love, needs to be consistently felt inside, I guess, independent from what happens around. Sometimes, when consistency is reduced, it helps to remember to greet the divine in the other and bow to it silently when meeting. It is to relocate perceiving not so much the outer appearance but the light we all share. This means as well to let go of any judgement and to meet and perceive and relate with the other beyond adopted approaches and consciously let go...

    Somehow the beauty in others, and with it, love, needs to be consistently felt inside, I guess, independent from what happens around. Sometimes, when consistency is reduced, it helps to remember to greet the divine in the other and bow to it silently when meeting. It is to relocate perceiving not so much the outer appearance but the light we all share. This means as well to let go of any judgement and to meet and perceive and relate with the other beyond adopted approaches and consciously let go of these. If I manage to be still and open my heart, honoring the beauty in others flows naturally.

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  • Don Jones

    I find when I just “see” things uniquely as they are (no judgement or meaning), beauty comes forth. It is only when I filter like/dislike, things get messy.

  • One Nurse

    By remembering that we are all inner connected. By leaning in and listening deeper when the impulse is to run or lash out. By remembering our shared humanity

  • Linda

    This is a good reminder, as I am feeling frightened about the state of the country right now. But fear does not help. There are many beautiful people in my life and I will honor them today.

  • Poo
    Firstly, I need to be aware and accept that beauty lies in each and everyone of them that I meet. I will have to be extremely willing to take a moment with the other person to notice and be curious about their gifts. I believe beauty lies in the other person in the form of unique gifts they share with the world .The uniqueness they bring to the world in terms of their personality,work,Aura,warmth,vulnerability,compassion,spoken words,integrity,commitment etc.,We all need each other in this journ...

    Firstly, I need to be aware and accept that beauty lies in each and everyone of them that I meet. I will have to be extremely willing to take a moment with the other person to notice and be curious about their gifts. I believe beauty lies in the other person in the form of unique gifts they share with the world .The uniqueness they bring to the world in terms of their personality,work,Aura,warmth,vulnerability,compassion,spoken words,integrity,commitment etc.,We all need each other in this journey and the only way to be in synchronicity is to honor the beauty in others more consistently than ever…

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  • Arleen

    By remembering how I feel when people don’t honor my beauty. Think about it as paying it forward. Doing something good for someone else without expecting anything in return. People are carrying around burdens we know nothing about and a little uplift could benefit them in ways we will never know.

  • Journey

    I needed this question to remind me not to treat others the way they have treated me. To reserve judgement and treat them well regardless of how thoughtless they have been. I am helpful towards these people but I feel resentful below the surface. I do not let it show. I need to do good for them without internal resentment. This question is a reminder to focus on their good qualities and let their bad qualities be between them and their own conscience.

  • sunnypatti

    I can honor the beauty in others by honoring their journey and reminding myself that most people are doing the best they can with what they have & know right now. As I continue to learn and grow, I must remember that others are doing the very same thing.

  • Ed Schulte

    Reflect it 7 fold.

  • Etta

    I find it hard to honor the beauty of others if I am not first honoring my own beauty.
    To consistently honor the beauty of others I need a positive Spirit and an open mind.

  • Papilio

    First I need to push the pause button on my judging function. Then, by listening to what others say or what they don’t say with all six senses. Doing so allows me to perceive so much more than spoken words and help me to find the beauty unique to each individual even for several moments.

  • Zenith

    As I am really bad at seeing beauty in others due to many ugly encounters with the negatives within them, I don’t do this. And I also know there are people who are, for some reason, just plain mean. But I am always kind. And I will try to point to the positive in life, for it is surely there. It gets obliterated by man’s noise. Man imagines himself to be more important than he is.

  • Mica

    With difficulty. With mindfulness. With the awareness that the flaws I see in others are flaws I share with them.

  • Michele

    By acknowledging it I can honor the beauty in others. Beauty is not just physical, kindness and compassion are qualities of beauty as well.

  • Katrina

    What Howie and Vikram said. Also by imagining what might be causing behaviors or words from someone that I find unseemly or irritating.

  • Antoinette

    I can more consistently honor the beauty in others by letting go of judging and labeling. We are taught to divide others by their skin color, race, economic status, beauty, athletic ability, etc.
    when I see others with the eyes of compassion and loving kindness I am able to see how we all want happiness and we don’t want to suffer. Looking with the eyes of compassion and kindness helps honor others and myself.

  • devy

    By really listening to others and being attentive to them. By telling others how wonderful they are, by thanking them for things they’ve done, complimenting on how they look or what they are wearing.

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