Operation Beautiful Lines

[jeshyr]

These are the phrases I've collected and want to put on my origami hearts.


I have a bit of an allergy to the word "beautiful" actually, because it's so "female" oriented. I'd prefer using "gorgeous" and "amazing". "Gorgeous" is still female-ish but not so strongly, in my brain at least. "Handsome" is male oriented ... I actually can't think of any words which mean the same as beauatiful/handsome but don't have any gender assumptions built in. That sucks... can anybody else come up with any?

Where it says "beautiful/gorgeous/amazing" or other slash separated lists it means the same whole phrase 3 times, using each different word one time.

I'd love comments on the list too ... lines you particularly love/hate ... suggestions, etc.

• A smiling face is always beautiful/gorgeous.


• Be your beautiful/amazing/gorgeous brilliant self.


• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Be the beholder.


• Believe in yourself - you are truly beautiful/amazing/gorgeous.


• Do you know how beautiful/amazing/gorgeous you are? It's true.


• I think you are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous. I hope you think so too!


• Life is beautiful/amazing/gorgeous: So are you.


• Smile: You are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous.


• Smile: You ARE worth it.


• Smiling is contagious, why not start an epidemic?


• Take time to cherish yourself - you deserve it


• You are already beautiful/amazing/gorgeous - don't change a thing.


• You are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous - never doubt it.


• You are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous just the way you are.


• You are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous. Don't let the world tell you differently.


• You are beautiful/amazing/gorgeous. Yes, you.


• You are more beautiful/amazing/gorgeous than a mirror could ever show.


• You change the world, one smile at a time.


• Your imperfections make you perfect. Smile!

(they're only in alphabetical order because I was removing duplicates from the list :))

If I expand all of the phrases there's quite a few more than 35 there ... not sure what to do about that. I have to prune some of them, but which ones?


Cheers,
Ricky

PS
Sleeping now. Promise!

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

"Delightful", "attractive" (ugg, makes me think magnets)?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Be the beholder.

Wow. That is wonderful. Wanna take for my sig, would that be OK?

[jeshyr]

None of them are original, so do what you want with them :)

[cedar51.livejournal.com]

Opportunities are Everywhere

http://thesaurus.reference.com/
to find similar or not-similar words

[acelightning]

in my mind, "beautiful" applies to all genders. (Sarah McLaughlin's song "Building A Mystery" contains the line "You're a beautiful fucked-up man...")

here are a couple of suggestions for more comments:

"You're even more beautiful when you smile."

"You're beautiful, whether you know it or not. Now tell someone else they're beautiful too."

(and you're beautiful, of course!)
*hugs*

[mikz.livejournal.com]

I'm overdue for sleep, too, so I didn't read this very carefully. This jumped out at me, though:

I have a bit of an allergy to the word "beautiful" actually, because it's so "female" oriented.

Not sure that I agree, although I must admit, when I talk about beautiful men, I'm usually talking about the whole package (ahem, I mean including personality and values and stuff), while with women I might just be talking about appearance. But I'm all for gender neutralising it, like we successfully did with mateship in the last decade or two.

(When I was 11, I was in the back of a car somewhere in Italy. My parents were lost and asked for directions, and the two very hot women they asked said they thought I was beautiful. I wish that had rubbed in more.)