Beauty is a wonderful gift from Mother Nature and is derived from a cultivation of merits.
Therefore, we cannot take it for granted because we cannot own it forever.
Beauty is a useful gift and we can use it in many ways to benefits ourselves and others.
However, one should not feel that if I do not look beautiful or handsome then our lives are meaningless. How we appear does not really represent us and our truepersonalities only shine when we do not harbour grudges and hatred inside our hearts. In other words, appearances are just temporal and it is like a rainbow which appears only temporarily and in the next few seconds we will just see the true face of the sky. We need to beautify what is deep within our hearts, such as love, kindness, and respect for others.
This kind of beauty will never be out of fashion. It will have an everlasting shine. ~ Gharwang Rinpoche in Boston.24/4/13