What is Beauty?
CatholicismAnew 31/05/2012 08:07:58
“God created man to his image, to the image of God He created him, man and woman He created them.” (Gen 1:27)God is beautiful and as He made us to His image and likeness, we are also beautiful and do not need to flee this desire that lives in the base of our soul. But this desire needs to be monitored in order that it will not come to dominate us.
We women, many times, we are insatiable, always wanting to remain still more beautiful; and this desire to be beautiful, in a disordered way, brings many woman a profound discontent and, has a consequence, the suffering that causes many pains. This anquished search for the perfect body can trigger anorexia, bulimia, depression and even bring one to death. In a report in Folha, doctors and therapists attest: “Still the greatest frequency may be around 15 years, even girls of 9 and 10 years have come to doctors offices having lost too much weight and found themselves fat.”
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