Stories of Kindness from Around the World

You Are So Beautiful To Me


--by Aurelia, posted May 24, 2007

I was attending a Fundraiser Gala Celebration for a school. Now, I've recently lost weight and felt good about how I looked in my outfit ... which I hadn't felt in years!

Once I got to the event, many people where telling me how wonderful I looked.  To be honest, it felt great to hear that because I worked really hard to look and feel better.

Then, all of a sudden, I was thinking how I wished someone had given nice compliments last year when I was heavier. I did look nice then too, I had a nice outfit, pretty hair and carried myself nicely...

So I started looking around the room for people I knew that were maybe not what was considered "thin" and I went up to them and told them how nice they looked and that I loved their outfits ... they were true comments and came from my heart. 

Oh, you should have seen their faces light up because I took time to notice them and let them know they are just as pretty as anyone else there! I think it'll make us closer because they know I care.

We should all look for something nice to say to one another to lift one's spirits.

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Readers Comments

brighteyes wrote: Aurelia..what a wonderful loving heart you have ...I agree wholehearted....everyone can use a lift and a sincere compliment can make someone's day and if they are happy then hopefully they will pass it on and so on.....thanks for being such a sensitive and loving person...you made my day too! ;)(wink)
lovebug wrote: Dear Aurelia, Weight, we seem to be oppssed with numbers, I myself lost 68lbs, and have kept it off for 3yrs. I did not do it to impress anyone, I moved to a state which has an abundance of natural beauty, on top of a mountain, and started to walk up and down the roads, just to view the beauty of this small community. My family got concerned and had to go thru test after test and doctor after doctor, to put their minds at rest. People try the tell me I am skinny, I am to thin, but my doctors tell me I am the healthiest patient they have ever seen, and if all of their patients were like me they would have to find others jobs, I would put them out of business. Happy and content, that is who I Am
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: Good for you Aurelia for taking the time to make sure people don't have to feel like you did last time. Small acts like that make a big difference!
warmth wrote: its good that u went ahead and made someone feel special. I think everything that we do is special, if this kept in mind everything we will do will be beautiful
ieiblue wrote: truly you are one big heart!!!!I myself had gone from big to thin to big again...and sometimes I felt so low that they keep on telling me that am so fat.. anyways....I maybe fat but got so much of you guys here!!!! hehehe.. big big hug for you! :P
pacots wrote: Beauty is only skin deep,but a lot of people do not realize this,great story.
bridget wrote: thank you for your smile cards.i feel so
much better now because i have them.My
brother died in august of 2004 and i was
so depressed for such a long time and
no one could help me.After receiving the
smile cards,my atittude changed. i now
realize that life is for the living.You
must enjoy life and try to spread a little kindness in there too. There is
to much cruelty around.Thank you again for the cards and helping me with this
grief over my brother.you should be
cloned and again thanks.
JoJoMcB wrote: thank you, thank you thank you.
shez wrote: everyone likes to hear that they look beautiful, but sometimes you just never seem to get it. Out of the blue you made some people feel good about themselves and it didn't cost a cent...well done Aurelia :)
aogrn wrote: Funny I have never met you but had a similar experience. I too recently shed 30 lbs...Now everyone notices me. I too try to share some of my joy with heavier people by complimenting them. They too show such appreciation!

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