JW wrote:
I've always appreciated a woman with great intellects...
My mother often used that old saw, "Beauty is only skin deep."
Well, she was correct up to a point. Physical beauty is only skin deep.
However, real beauty, the kind that counts, comes from within.
From the spirit and the heart.
I've known and encountered people, men and women, of striking physical beauty,
But, they were truly ugly people - h**eful, arrogant, intolerant, narcissistic, greedy, obsessed,
you name it, the hubris of these people was unconscionable.
And, I've known and encountered people whose physical appearance was everything from homely to downright ugly.
But, they radiated beauty from within - intelligent, selfless, loving, generous, compassionate.
Their egos were definitely under control.
There are, of course, some really ugly, ugly people.
But, when you get a person of striking physical beauty who radiates beauty from within, you could be proving angels do exist.
Am I making any sense here?