Good afternoon and welcome aboard for another lovely day, another FURRY THURSDAY!

*shrugs* Not really. This is actually a comic about a much deeper and more universal issue, I suppose. *snofts*

The other evening I was texting back'n'forth(side to side) with a new friend and the notion cam up of displeasure with one's appearance. *sets her chin* This has long been a bit of a sticking point with me... Now, I know that my gears don't turn the way most people's do. I also know that for most folkes the concepts of "beauty" and "attraction" are two Veeeeeeeeeeerrrrryyyy[/u] different types of sausage.... and for the purposes here, I don't care. This point still rings true for me on a very personal level. *tilts her head* Throughout my life I've known so many... beautiful.... gorgeous... people, women, men, all things in-between and outside. *nods slowly* And I've loved many of them... in word and body. Oh indeed.... And on this point I honestly feel a bit lucky, blessed, after a fashion, that for me "attraction" and "beauty"are basically the same.

But that's just the personal side of this... *sighs* Truth being, we, as a culture, I don't care where you're from, what language you speak, what color hat you wear, doesn't matter, we are brought up to be very.... sad, lonely and superficial creatures. "Good-looking" or "Hawtness" is pushing before any traits that genuinely matter, physical happenstance and genetic accident taught to be so much more desirable than kindness of spirt, compassion and genuine love. *shakes her head slowly* This won't do.

Maybe you see yourself as ugly. Maybe you see yourself as being 'fat' or short or flat-chested, bad hair, whatever. None of these things reflect being UGLY. *stares intently* Ugliness is something much deeper, darker and richer in it's distaste than that. Ugliness is a cruelty of the spirit, like "hate" and just as such it spreads and infects like a virus. Ugliness poisons people just as quickly as any 'meme'...


*steeples her fingers* Stop writing your stupid mean-spirited comment. *smiles* There's already enough ugliness in the world. Go and look in the mirror and look HARD. Chances are you will see somethings you don't like in there. But you might also see just how beautiful you really are ...at least, to some of us. *blows a kiss* Love yourselves and love each other, fuzzbutts. Blessed be.