I was having warm tea with a friend at a cafe near the Galata Tower. Suddenly, feeling a gaze, I looked up and met the eyes of a woman sitting a few tables away. As she smiled with a gentle nod, the clarity of her eyes took my breath away. It wasn’t just the physical beauty of her features, but a deep radiance that seemed to tell the story of everything she had ever looked upon and every word she had ever spoken.
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness.”ーAudrey Hepburn (Sam Levenson)
Turning the Everyday into Gold
We often fret over our appearance in the mirror. Yet, true beauty is not a passive trait we are born with, but something we generate through our daily “manner” of the heart.
A gaze that seeks the brilliance within others, rather than their flaws, will make your eyes clearer than any gemstone. And lips that choose words like bouquets to warm someone’s heart, rather than blades to wound, will grace your expression with nobility. How you cast light upon the world and what sounds you let resonate—each of these choices transforms your very existence into an irreplaceable work of art.
