The Battle Between Beauty and Imperfection
Beauty was once complaining about having to share this world
with so many ugly beings that she started to say to herself:
"Oh, what a shame! Why did God create so many unfortunate
creatures? They are so ill-favored that I just would like them to be taken to
another planet if I cannot get rid of them right now."
The mirror was listening to her and told her to stop
complaining about such a stupid idea, so it persuaded her into thinking that
eventually, she would need from those that she was rejecting now.
Not so much time had elapsed than she was terribly bored:
God heard her and took her away to a world of perfection, where she was merely
another perfected being, so she said: “Now, when I am here in the middle of
this amazingly well done world, I began thinking on the things I used to have,
like those ugly animals and people who made me think I was of great value;
however, in this new realm of perfection, I am only another guy whose beauty is
undistinguishable from the rest, so I have no one to compare myself to. What a
boring life!”. She went on crying.
Unexpectedly, there was a rambling noise coming from heaven
and God’s voice told her to stop being so immature. She didn’t need anyone to
contrast herself upon and that was His decision to make her reflect that in His
divine wisdom, He created everything and it was OK like that because the real
beauty is just in the eye of the beholder.
After that scolding, she promised she would be more mature
from that day on and that she would start appreciating every single thing
around her, so she declared: “I am no one
to bring unhappiness upon this world, just telling everyone He /she/ it was as
they were, ugly in my opinion, but this is just another chance for me to start
over. I promise God that I am going to be more tolerant to differences, more
prone to accepting that everyone is a chance to grow, that I am imperfect since
I could not see the beauty in my fellow beings”.
God heard her and gave to her another chance for her to mend
her errors and invited her to Earth in order to exercise her right to having a
better interactive frame of mind; however, as soon as she received this opportunity, she
once again began to criticize all her friends, creatures and even God.
After all this trouble, God finally concluded that there are
beings in life that never ever change their paradigms because they are always secluded
in a kind of mental slavery where open mindedness is inexistence; which is why
they are endlessly reluctant to accept that diversity is what makes from us
free citizens of this universe because all differences rather enrich us.
By Miss Odilia Pérez
E.L.A. Teacher
