Beauty vs Me

Attractive women have power. You may not agree with me. If you're an attractive woman (you probably don't think you are, even if it's true), you may not agree with me. But it is true. I can attest to that fact. Science has attested to that fact. Just to be sure, I spent the last hour and a half researching the topic in various scientific journals. And the fact exists that beautiful people have it good. And that's okay. Its a fact of life and there's no point in whining about it. What bothers me is that I don't seem to have any control. Even though I am aware of it, and watching for it, and guarding against it, pretty girls almost always get their pretty-treatment from me. Let me cite an example:

Yesterday I went to first day of classes for Summer term at BYU. As is common for this campus, all of my classes contain varying quantities of attractive women. Actually, let me rephrase. Because I attend BYU, nigh all the females in my classes are attractive in varied levels and degrees. And here is where things become irksome. It is a point of pride in my life that I accept people for who they are and treat them as their actions and behaviors warrant, regardless of external factors. No fewer than twice I caught myself giving the more attractive female variants preferential treatment. And that is simply infuriating. Not that I treated them in this manner, rather that I had no power over the differential in their treatment versus the treatment of more garden variety girls.

It's not that I treat attractive girls any better than I treat anyone else. The difference in my behavior is subtle and hard to explain. I just don't like the fact that pretty people are unintentionally coercing the world around them at all times. None of us even stand a chance. The beautiful people will get what they get (usually better than average) whether we want them to or not.



Say what you will about my theory. But I guarantee life treats her (above) better than it treats me (below).



Okay, that is actually a pretty sexy picture. Of me. Anyway....

While most of my posts have some sort of moral or post at the end, this one does not. I simply wanted to point this out. I would also like to point out that BYU has an inordinate amount of beautiful women. I think they out number the uglies about 4-1. Now that I've put this out there, do what you want with it.

Mutation and You

This is the coolest picture ever.

Good Pickin

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Pretty much any time I go to Smith's the person I am with points out the fact that I seem to know everyone in the store. While this is not true, I certainly know a lot of people. I like to make friends and keep friends. I also like to have acquaintances. Because of this predisposition I have a wide and varied network of people who I know and greet at many of the places I frequent, one of which happens to be Smith's. Given this cornucopia of persons, it stands to reason that I have a number of female friends. And now we get to the meat of my thoughts...

I have surrounded myself with the most wonderful women it is possible to know. And many of these girls are such brilliant beacons of humanity that I am confident in putting forward that they are some of the best people I will ever meet. Many of these girls have been, currently are, and will continue to be my examples of a Christlike and beautiful person. I have been blessed simply to know them.

As a final thought, let me thank those of you who have uplifted me and helped me to see myself more clearly. If I am any sort of a good person, I have no doubt you are partly responsible. There is almost no chance of you reading this, but thank you.

And for anyone else reading this, there is a lesson here as well. Because of these girls and women in my life, I am trying to be the kind of person that uplifts the people around me. Let us follow their example and be beacons of uplifting joy.

Sunshine of your Love

This is a declaration. But it is a declaration that needs to be preceded by some thought.

I feel confident in saying that the world could benefit from everyone in it being more loving. If more people made their decisions based on love, rather than greed, ambition, anger, etc., I think the world at large would be greatly improved. So, in the interest of filling the world with a bit more of "the good stuff" (no, I don't mean Jim Beam) let us have a short discussion about the nature of love.

Love is perhaps the most universally admired attribute. It is a defining feature of many, if not all, of our literary heroes, and it is the keystone of all the major religions I could think of just now. Being so important, it must have some sort of definition. Webster defines love as many things, including strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, the score of zero (tennis), and unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. For my purposes, I am going to focus on definitions 2 and 3. Mostly 3.

Gordon B. Hinkley defined the love in a marriage relationship, as in Webster's third definition, as an anxious concern for the happiness and well being of another. Specifically, he said, "True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion." I feel that this definition of love could be broadened and applied to the vastness of the human race. If we all thought more about how we could help our neighborino, rather than how we could make our yard look better than his.... As I think about this, I can't come up with an example of applying this principle to international relations, but I think it is more of the attitude and way of thinking that matters. People who have an external focus tend to make decisions that are the most beneficial to all involved parties. Love, I guess, is a kindness and unselfishness of action.

So, now that we have a rudimentary understanding of how I personally view love (incidentally, my ego believes that everyone should think this way) I can continue on to my declaration.

I am going to be more loving.

Yes, I am going to be more loving. I am going to think more about other people than myself. Or that's the plan anyway. But I am not going to simply say, "I love you" more often. I am actually going to be more loving. I am going to act. I am going to make time to listen, really listen, when people talk to me. I am going to continue to do all the little things I do around my house to keep in nice looking, because I love my roommates. I am going to act on all those thoughts I have. You know the ones. Like when you think, "I should get a flower for Sarah" or "I should write a letter to Grandma."

Hopefully, putting this in writing will put it in my head. And hopefully, I'll be able to have an effect on the world around me. And hopefully, I'll leave the world a little brighter.