Blog 415 – 09.25.2016

We live in a culture that is obsessed with physical attractiveness. So much so that for the last several generations we have been labeling physical beauty on a scale of one to ten. Women especially feel such pressure to be cover girl pretty that even little girls are dolled up and entered in beauty contests and grow up forever asking “Am I pretty?” Men who used to think taking a shower, brushing their teeth, and combing their hair was sufficient today seem as concerned about their looks as women. I would like to share what I think is the secret to being an attractive person.

The theme picture I picked for my blog today is of a lovely young French girl I had the privilege to know. When I saw this picture of her I was reminded of what they said about the World War One doughboys when they returned home after the war: “How are we going to keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paris?” And it was not the city of Paris but the pretty French girls they were talking about. Genevieve Louise was a very attractive lady and I knew her later in life. She was my wife’s best friend and my friend too. She knew the secret of staying attractive. She was still a lovely person when she died in 2002. Her daughter picked out this picture of Genevieve as a girl to show at her funeral and they played Rod Stewart singing one of her favorite song:

“Have I told you lately that I love you?
That there’s no one else above you…
There’s a love that’s divine
And it’s yours and it’s mine
Just like the sun…
We should give thanks and pray
To the One, to the One.”

Genevieve’s best feature, and she had many, was her eyes. Many a wise woman knows how to accent their eyes. The eyes, we are told, are the window to the soul. Come on, David, tell us how to be more attractive. It is all in a look. Another beautiful love song from the past says, “You’ve got the look of love. It’s in your eyes. The look your smile can’t disguise.”

We are told that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who makes you feel the most beautiful but the people or person who loves you. It is that look of love in their eyes that is the truest most reliable mirror of what you truly look like.

Now the beauty secret you have been waiting for and no it is not some new cream or beauty bar. Look in the mirror each morning and say, “Good morning, Beautiful.” Or Handsome if you are a guy. And then smile, not that fake grin you reserve for in-laws, a genuine smile. Try it for thirty days and see if you don’t see a marked improvement in your appearance. Look closely into those lovely eyes of yours and whisper in your softest, sexiest voice, “I love you.” There nothing more attractive than a person who knows they are attractive. Like attracts like. It is a law,

I close with a quote from self help author Louise Hays, another lovely Louise. “Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise. Birds in the trees seem to whisper Louise.” That’s not the quote. Here it is from Louise Hay’s daily calendar of positive self talk:

“Love flows from me and to me in ever increasing amounts.
I feel great. People love being around me.”

Your fiend and fellow traveler,
David White