Inner beauty is not a mushy-gushy nougat at the center of your being. It's not a fluffy-fuzzy glow beneath the surface of your skin. Inner beauty is an incredible force of power that transcends all the ugliness of the outside world. Love answers easily to love. Hope fills to overflowing when the horizon looks promising. Peace floats smoothly on a calm sea. Graciousness abounds when life is good. Yet, as we all well know, life is never 'all good'. It takes a fierce amount of strength to face hatred with love, hopelessness with hope, tribulation with peace, and hurt with grace. Inner beauty is an indestructible diamond that finds enough light to reflect itself in a world gone dark. Left to our own devices, love, hope, peace and grace are easily trampled beneath the monstrous feet of greed, jealousy, envy, regret, pain and hatred. Outside support is good and well and kind, but it cannot address what it cannot see. It cannot petition turmoil face to face - in the place where it lives. Issues that reside at the heart level, the soul level, need inside support. When you're weak and weary, when you're tired of being tired, look within for the source of your strength. Look inside for respite from a harsh world. Look deep, look long and look hard for the beautiful dwelling within you. Look for the Holy Spirit, for God inside you. No...... inner beauty isn't mushy or gushy or fluffy or fuzzy. It doesn't need compliments, recognition or reinforcement to be beautiful. It is an Almighty force - alive and beautiful - that moves you on an upward road every minute of every day of your life. © Terri McPherson Buckley "You Are A Miracle" - The Book! A perfect Pick-me-up for yourself, a Gift for a loved one or someone special who needs to be encouraged and lifted up. Watch "You Are A Miracle" Flash presentation. A friend of mine read The Shack and promptly bought 10 copies to give to friends. I read the copy she gave me and promptly bought 10 copies to give to friends and loved ones. The Shack, by William P. Young, is a life changing book. Yes, it is that good. The emotional and spiritual impact of the story is a transforming experience. The New York Times calls The Shack a 'Surprise Best Seller'. I highly recommend The Shack to everyone who wants to read a fantastic book. Visit Our Online Store You can purchase Royalty Free Photos from iStock Photo to create your own website graphics for as little as $1.00. © Terri McPherson Buckley Windsor, Ontario, Canada terri@wisehearts.com