Beauty Within

I just got home from trying to donate blood. My red blood cell count was 37 and I needed a 38. Needless to say, I was very disappointed.

But I will keep trying...

Donating blood is very important to me because through it, I can help many others.

I am currently reading a book that my mother gave me for Christmas called The List by Siobhan Vivian. It is a young adult novel about a high school in which there is a list published every year that lists the ugliest and prettiest girls in each grade.

Throughout reading the book, I have questioned what beauty really means.

I have come to the conclusion that beauty can be found in everything and everyone... Sometimes you need to look deeper and sometimes you need not. Sometimes beauty can be found in what other people do. Sometimes beauty can be heard through what someone says.

If you look deep enough, you can find beauty all around.

Beauty in itself is something that lies within each of us...