WANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL? TRY THESE "TIME TESTED BEAUTY TIPS" (FOR MEN TOO!!!)

This poem by Sam Levenson was made famous by Audrey Hepburn, who quoted it often. Although it was written with women in mind, it is every bit as relevant to men too.

I would strongly urge anyone considering cosmetic surgery to boost their self-esteem to give these top tips a try first:

TIME TESTED BEAUTY TIPS

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives and the passion that she shows.

The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

THE SIX HUMAN NEEDS : DAY THREE - GROWTH

How many people can honestly put their hand up and say they do not want to develop in any particular area? Becoming wiser and more skilled is a natural function of life. You can recognise your own desire for growth every time you take an interest in something. Your attention is grabbed in such a way that it primes your brain to make use of information that you’re likely to use again in the future. Once we have exhausted our perceived usefulness at one level we want to be promoted to the next. The biggest advantage you have today over yesterday is that you are one day wiser and one day more experienced.

Just as we grow physically it is also vital that we growth mentally and emotionally. Generally speaking, the older we get the more philosophical we can be about our experience of life, this is product of growth. The way in which we measure our growth is by assessing the internal feeling we get as to how satisfied we are about how far we’ve come in life.

QUESTION: What are you currently doing to influence your own sense of personal growth?

Growth can happen naturally in the course of day to day experience, but you life becomes a lot more fulfilled when you play a more active part in developing your own sense of satisfaction about it. Spend 30 minutes everyday nourishing your soul. Read personal development books, meditate, write down you big life goals and carefully plan their achievement. Why not start conversations with your family and friends by asking them what they value in live, what makes them happy, what lessons life has taught them so far, where they want to be heading?

If you’re not growing you’re dying, so do the things that will let you be the fullest most positive expression of your true self.