I wouldn't say
I'm particularly rich by societies standards,
but on the front of wealth
measured by experience and valuable lessons,
I would consider myself very wealthy.
On another hand
I would rather say "grateful".
I have almost completely lost interest
in exploring for what I can see,
and I have discovered far more beauty
lying beneath the surface of the people all around me.
Traveling as I am,
staying in each place
for an average of six months
has enabled me
to not only see the beauty of the place lying on the surface,
but also the glories and riches
embedded in the cultures
built by the people dwelling in them.
The call to travel
is definitely one that has addressed my heart unignorably.
But not just for the sights
and the sounds of what is foreign,
but for the hearts of the people there
and their stories.
I would definitely say that
these gems
-some call nothing MORE than stories-
are what I find MOST valuable.
My soft heart leaps from my chest
with every tale
of every real person
I have had such an amazing opportunity to meet
One broken
and left out to dry
by the man she gave her purest love to,
another
recklessly passionate
and inspiringly unstoppable
in his pursuit for what drives him,
yet another
overflowing with wisdom gained by experiences
many of us could not even bare the thought
of encountering ourselves.
Yet these stories are unknown
and left hidden
beneath the lack of an accepting world.
Often greeted by disregard and disvalue,
shunned by society
and left to be ignored
for their lack
of conformity to what the masses would call publicly acceptable.
Now uncovered by a willing heart eager to find them,
I call them beautiful.
However!
I do not disvalue those
that join the ranks of the disapproving masses!
Instead,
I also find you beautiful.
Among you
are some of the most beautiful souls one can find.
I find these stories adrift among
the angry, the joyful,
the judgmental , the accepted,
the broken, the proud,
the loved and the hated.
With every beating heart
and the legend left by those
that beat on with in each of us,
there lies a beauty
that cannot be summed in words,
but by thehumbled eye,
beheld.
Behold this beauty for yourself,
and I guarantee you,
We ARE the beauty of this world.
Together, apart,
united, divided,
in greatness and awe,
in brokenness and shamed…
YOU…are the beauty of this world.
YOU are the priceless gems that make our world worthy.
YOU,the sum of all that is good and all that is bad within you that makes you who you are…
YOU are WORTHY.