What makes Someone or Something Beautiful to you?

[Guava Jelly]

Physical or Spiritual or anything?
Society imprints us with it's version of beauty..Whats your version?

I won't bs anyone and make this a total fluff response. Because I do notice physical beauty.
But I find a simple smile from a stranger to be beautiful
I find empathy beautiful
And I find many people on Du to be very beautiful.
And I call them my friends

[Random_Australian]

1. Solving probelms.

Put things together, and the simplest solutions will eventually (I hope) enable me to make life better for as many as I can. Which is pretty much my mission in life! :)

I have problems with feeling and interpreting emotion, so I don't really do the looking-at-things kind of beauty... but I comprehend information sets very well, but they don't translate to english very well. x(

[SeattleGirl]

2. The giving nature of many people.

A beautiful smile.

The belly laugh of a child.

The kindness of friends, family, and strangers.

And while there are more things I could list, I will end with: someone who touches my heart and my soul.

[LaurenG]

3. Their spirit, the "light" in their eyes, compassion, integrity

and a sense of humor. Looks are nothing without those qualities.

[buddhamama]

4. beauty

for me transcends the physical. As with you GoPsUx, i find empathy beautiful. Passion for to do 'good' and fairness is beautiful.
a kind soul is beautiful.

[crim son]

5. I notice physical beauty too but it means very little over

the long haul. In fact, it means nothing. What is beautiful to me is a combination of strength and vulnerability, kindness, empathy and creativity. A person with these qualities has it all, as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and in a male, he has to be hung like a horse :P

[BarenakedLady]

6. Kindness

Empathy, and humor are all things I find beautiful.

[datasuspect]

7. deformity, imperfections, blemish, asymmetry

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. i cant say that if a person is wonderful they seem beautiful to me

because its not true. i will still see them as physically unattractive but can love them...

however there are many physically attractive people i find completely unattractive because of their politics/personality

dimples and nice arms are a great combo

[Madrone]

9. Mine -

You mentioned empathy - that's huge. Empathy breeds compassion, kindness, tolerance, all things I find very important.
Itelligence. Integrity. Honesty. Beauty has very little to do with the physical in my opinion.

[speedoo]

10. Physical beauty does not matter in the long run.

What makes a person beautiful to me is their total honesty (above all else), unselfishness, compassion, empathy, sense of justice and fairness and willingness to sacrifice.

[datasuspect]

11. it SURELY DOES NOT

the content of one's soul is like a treasure, and some are richer than others.

you can perfume, dress nicely, and otherwise doll up a turd, but guess what, it's still a turd.

[Haole Girl]

12. A kind heart and a beautiful mind.

Once someone displays they have neither it is difficult for me to find them beatiful...no matter how gorgeous they may be on the outside.

[reyd reid reed]

13. I think that real beauty comes from inside

I know it sounds kinda corny, but it transcends the rest. A person's appearance is a shell. It's just a covering and it doesn't stand up over the long haul, beauty comes from somewhere inside and shows through the eyes. I See physical beauty and eye-candy can be fun to look at but so is a fluffy cloud on a warm summer day. That stuff's fleeting -- I prefer something that's got more longevity and that comes from a person's soul.

Empathy, humor, intelligence, an open mind, honesty, strength, trust and loyalty...those are some of the things that make a person beautiful to me.

And nice hands don't hurt.

[datasuspect]

14. yes.

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