I haven’t defined words here in a long time, but today there are three words swimming around in my head.

honesty, noun. [on-uh-stee]
1. the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
2. truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.
3. freedom from deceit or fraud.

*This of course begs me to look up the word “deceit”, so…

deceit, noun. [di-seet]
1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating

*I like that the word honesty is tied up with freedom in this particular definition. I find a lot of freedom in honesty…

authenticity, noun. [aw-then-tis-i-tee]
1. the quality of being authentic or real; genuineness.

*I strive to be authentic in every thing I do. This word is so important to me…

beauty, noun. [byoo-tee]
1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
2. a beautiful person
3. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.

*At the moment, I am doing my best to find beauty in everything…and when I try, I often succeed. And this makes me so happy…