Yesterday I saw an amazing thing.

I was driving to work, and there was a woman walking down the street. Now, at first glance, she seemed like a very average woman. She wasn't particularly well dressed. She was wearing a long sleeve knit top, and a skirt that was well below Her knees. Her figure was very average as well...pretty light curves...average weight. And Her face was pretty...but not one that would grab your attention right away. She was really just very average.

And yet there was something about her....something that caught my eye, and I just kept looking. What was it.....??? I then I saw it.

The way her skirt swished around her legs, the graceful way her hand reached up to push her hair back from her face, the slight move of her hips as she stepped down from the curb....the way her hair fluttered in the wind. The subtle and very feminine gestures of the Goddess. There she was...in this very average looking woman as she glided down the street. on her way to who knows where.

I was deeply moved. Deeply grateful for the chance to see this in a very every day moment. Grateful that the moment had opened itself to me. Grateful that I had the heart and eyes to see the Goddess when and where I least expected it!

And I wondered to myself, how often do both men and women miss this opportunity, because we have been programmed to look for what society, what advertisers want us to believe is beauty. The overly thin, tall and very young supermodel. Perfect hair, poreless skin, an inconceivable waist, and very very large breasts. And don't forget...the flat flat flat tummy.

Yes, I would have missed seeing the Goddess in that moment had I been looking for some very limited measurement of beauty.

It is my wish that all of our eyes and hearts open, that we may see TRUE BEAUTY in all its unfathomable forms.

Thank you to the Everyday Goddess that opened my eyes.