My neighbor& #39;s introduction day. I went "asper" let me go and support my people.

The young couple live in the next flat. I see them everyday.

Got there, saw a well dressed lady and asked for the guy by name. It was after she spoke that I realised I was talking to my neighbor.
The make up made her unrecognisable.

I had never been so confused.

The next question in my mind was... What& #39;s the point?

Beauty is important because it& #39;s a physical advantage we pass through DNA.

If what you look like is not encoded in your DNA, what& #39;s the point of
looking like that?

Nobody benefits from that. Not even you.

Are you not scared when you look in the mirror and see someone else?

Beauty won& #39;t matter for that long especially if you& #39;re getting married. It doesn& #39;t matter how beautiful a thing is, after a while the people
who see it often stop seeing it.

When I first moved into my house in Ghana. It was a very beautiful house. After I had lived there for a year. It was just a house.

I am reminded of its beauty from time to time when outsiders turn it into a photoshoot spot.
It doesn& #39;t matter how intentional you are. Beauty fades when you see it everyday and for long.

So we can say, even in marriage, beauty won& #39;t matter for long.

It& #39;s the person in the body and how we feel towards them that& #39;s important.
Beauty is good for attraction. It& #39;s useless beyond that.

It& #39;s main other usefulness is the fact that through DNA, we can offer the offsprings an advantage.

My son is the most handsome child I had ever seen. Now, it takes a stranger to remind me when they gush all over him.
To me, what& #39;s important is that he& #39;s a good, strong boy. He& #39;s respectful, hardworking, has the right attitude towards life and not a weakling.

His handsomeness, I& #39;ll stop seeing. But I will always look out for those qualities.

I digress.

I think people should stop spending
so much energy on looking like who they are not.

I think character is more important than beauty.

Beauty fades and it& #39;s not even about age.

We love the ones we love because of who they are and how they make us feel not because they have a pretty face.

Which makes that
whole thing an exercise in futility.
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