Oh Dog! DeDe here with my new segment- Beauty From the Inside Out!
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Humans have some strange ideas about beauty.
Take skin, for example. Pale-skinned people see darker skin as beautiful, while dark-skinned people see lighter skin as beautiful.
So pale-skinned people spend hours lying in tanning beds or slathering on fake tans, while dark-skinned people are subjecting themselves to risky bleaching treatments.
Oh, and don’t get me started about how they are forever removing all that beautiful, silky fur they have!
Personally, I like the philosophy of the young Sikh woman who recently responded to hundreds of people making fun of her looks after another person took a photo of her and posted it on Reddit. If you haven’t read it, I encourage you to do so.
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Let’s face it. Setting impossibly high standards of beauty, and then making fun of each other for not meeting those standards, is silly. Don’t play that game. Such ideas breed prejudice and bigotry, which leads to conflict.
Are you pale as the full moon? Is your skin dark like rich coffee? Are you scarred? Marked? Tattooed?
Regardless of what you look like on the outside, there’s a glorious Spark of Life on the inside. Let that spark shine, because that’s who you truly are. As Balpreet said, it’s our words, our thoughts, and our actions that matter.
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Have a great week, and never leave your home without this essential beauty product- A SMILE!
Dogpaddling Through Life 
Great advice!
The Florida Furkids
Thanks neighbors! -Love, DeDe
Very beautifully put.
Thank you! Do I have a career as a beauty blogger? -Love, DeDe
Great Tip – I will try my best small in front of the mirror before I leave my crib – Thanks :o)
Good idea, Easy! Show the world the beauty that is you! -Love, DeDe
Dede you are one smart doggy!! Beauty from the inside is waaaaay more important than anything on the outside!
It is, indeed. And true beauty doesn’t cost a thing! -Love, DeDe
Wow De De what a great new segment! Yes we beat ourselves up and often each other over what! We should also take a leaf from our canine and feline friends ,who accept who they are.This is why we love them,because they are free of silly human affectations,this is why we beam when we are with them and yet we try to be something different ourselves…And i always find something everyday to smile about and you know what De De it usually involves our much loved animal friends ..great advice 🙂
It’s sad that humans choose to make themselves and others miserable. But it’s important to remind you all that even though others do and say the things they do, you don’t have to be a part of all that. -Love, DeDe
Hi DeDe! Great post to start your new segment! I was so touched by what you reported! Me n mom try to never forget our smile!!!
Have a lovely Sunday! 🙂
And you have a beautiful smile that shines across the seas! -Love, DeDe
What a great new segment. Our hooman Mummy has very light, fair skin and she hates it. She wants to be tanned, even just a little.
I don’t think there is anyone who is completely happy and confident with their looks but it is sad that people would be mean to someone else who is comfortable with their looks.
Nibbles, Nutty, Buddy & Basil
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Your mother is not happy with her looks because someone taught her not to be happy with her looks. Babies aren’t born hating how they look. It’s not easy, but help your mama unlearn those lessons. -Love, DeDe
I love this post. And to it I say AMEN!
Blessings,
Goose
Thanks Goose! -Love, DeDe
Love this, truer words were never woofed. I want to be the sort of person who sees beauty everywhere, and in every one. I try really hard, and most of the time I’m able to find something in the person that is beautiful. Physical beauty has become less and less important for me.
It’s hard to undo those lessons ingrained in you as children, especially when the messages continue to surround you. You can’t watch TV, or read a magazine, or even shop for groceries without being bombarded with messages of what beauty is and why you’re not beautiful. A dog’s life is MUCH more simple! -Love, DeDe
This is important information, DeDe. Mom is pale and I am spotted. We are both satisfied with that, and are pretty sure our smiles shine through all of it.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
That is wonderful Cupcake! You have a beautiful smile too…. so does your Mom. -Love, DeDe
Humans are rarely satisfied with themselves it seems (!) whereas we animals are what we are and love every minute of it….I think we should ALL be fur covered anyway! Tee Hee
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Or maybe they could do like us and judge others by how our butts smell! -Love, DeDe
Humans, man…
It’s a good thing they have us dogs to teach ’em a thing or two! -Love, DeDe
True. I don’t know what we’d do without our Chelsea.
Well said…I wish Humans saw the world like dogs…then it would become a much better place to live in! 🙂
Great post Rumpy! Thanks for the link 🙂
Well said!
Beautifully said Rumpy.
Whoa! Thanks Granny! -Love, DeDe
Such good advice! And yes, a smile is the best cosmetic of them all.
Rumpy you rock! 🙂
woo woo woo!!!!
Oh yes indeed. It is our inner beauty that draws people to us and keeps them in our lives. Many, however, are distracted by what is on the outside and what the media displays beauty to be.
Those people are to be pitied.
Thank you DeDe for your deep understanding of beauty. People are never happy with what they have. More is always better. What someone else has is always better.
You are beautiful inside and out.
There is a wonderful lesson to be learned from her response. If she had responded belligerently, it probably would have created a firestorm of more verbal attacks that would leave everyone feeling angry. But since she responded so thoughtfully, it made people stop and think – including the person who started the ridicule in the first place.
What a wonderful post, Dede! And your words are all so very true.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
DeDe, you’re right, Humans do have some strange ideas about beauty!!! Great post! x
Very nicely put. People used to make comments about sweet Heather being beautiful but “well-fed.” Some would even call her fat and she was only 26 pounds or so. Her body isn’t a “typical Scottie” shape but then again Scotties (as all dogs and people do) come in all shapes and sizes. Heather is beautiful from the inside out. Those who judge her, however, need to take a closer look internally. Much love, The Scottie Mom.
People need to learn from us dogs. We know we’re beautiful no matter what.
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That was amazing! What a gracious lovely person!!
What great advice Rumpy … We really need to furcus on the things we have and what we are rather than what we don’t have and what we want to be 🙂
Nothing more beautiful than a smile.
Wonderful post!
Oh wow! I hadn’t heard about that story – other than FB I don’t really engage that much with social media (?does that make me anti-social or just anti-social media?). I have to say, that the response from the lady in question was one of those pieces of writing that take you to a higher place when read.
The main problem with people is that they always want what they don’t have, no matter what it is. A quote to that is that “there are only two tragedies in human life: when you don’t get what you want, and when you do get what you want.” (or something like that)
Great message Dede! I think that as people age, they worry about their looks less. That may not be true for everyone… maybe it’s just a personal experience.
That’s so true DeDe. It’s all in the inside 🙂
The woman has a wonderful outlook. I read that the guy who wrote this has apologized – as he should have. You can have a beautiful exterior and be really ugly inside or vice-versa. I’d prefer the beauty to be from the inside.