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 By Kaycee Nilson Mar. 4, 2011 This time of the year, North Central Texas begins to start the day chilly, but as the sun treks across the crystal blue skies, I often find myself running around in either Capri’s or shorts. I love this time of the year. The open fields will soon be awash with the deep blues of the Texas Blue Bonnet and the intense reds and bright yellows of the Indian Paint Brush. This year has a special meaning for me now. I own my own home now and have my own piece of Texas to plant my beloved Blue Bonnets. So far I have two packages that I have been saving since last summer and today is the day that I will cultivate an area near my front door for my flowers. To me, having a spot of dirt to cultivate my favorite flowers is a spiritual release. I am closer to my Higher Power that way. By digging, and mulching, adding compost and then carefully tending to the seed until it’s full maturity gives me hope for my own future. But then watching the inevitable dying of the flower as the end of it’s life span nears, reminds me of how even we mortal humans decay after our period of full bloom. Maybe that’s why the cosmetic surgery industry is a boom. People don’t want the end of their bloom cycle to show. In a way it’s a pity. More and more youth and beauty are praised. I guess I’m still sad over the departure of a reality show called “She’s Got The Look,” were the models had to be over 30 to compete. Gave me hope that there are some flowers that are beautiful at all stages of its life cycle. But then what is beauty anyway? Is not every creation on this earth have one, itty-bitty thing that can be considered beautiful? Maybe it could be the brightness and crispness of the colors of each part. Perhaps it’s a unique feature not found on any other specimen. What if it was the individual spirit? Humans seem to strive for ideals of beauty. It could be possessions that are beautiful like home décor, automobile, gadgetry. Others may strive for physical beauty and work out to keep what they think their shape should be. Of course if you don’t want to diet and exercise, why money can make anyone beautiful. Firmer abs can be sculpted now with needles, frown lines can be erased with fillers and of course you can always have lip implants for the latest look in blowfish lips. Women have been buying breasts for years, and now other body parts can be purchased as well. It’s no secret that even teen aged girls under go the knife in the name of “self-esteem” = idea of beauty at the time.
I guess I was born in the wrong era. I happen to be happy with my figure and I worked hard for the lines in my face. And thanks to L’Oreal, I can go grey gracefully.
Her website containing her writings can be viewed at http://www.kayceenilson.com
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