If I say you are beautiful or intelligent, if I say you are amazing or sexy, I’m saying it to give voice to something in me that demands that I acknowledge what it’s seen in you.
Let’s talk about beauty.
Beauty, to me, refers to the totality. All of you, your past, your emotions, your joy. The way you laugh or tuck your hair behind your ear. The unshed tears in your eyes. The conscious effort and the unconscious gesture. Everything that makes you, you.
That is what I find beautiful. And when I tell someone they are beautiful, that is what I mean. I’m not validating you, only you can do that. I’m saying “I see you, and to me, your presence in my life, my world makes it better.”
I hope that clarifies things.
Pelgris 