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Question: IS everything beautiful!.!.!.in it's own way!?
I'd have to lean further toward yes than no on this one, personally!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I'd have to lean with you!.

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yes everything is beautiful in its own way!. during every war there have been artists on the sidelines painting pictures of the violence!. So even war can be beautiful!.

Then theres the girl who sits behind me in class who hasn't shaved her mustache in forever, but can still write a good poem, so shes beautiful in a way too!.

Spiders can be blue, i like blue, spiders can be beautiful too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think every thing may have a beauty, but not every behaviour!. We tend to be very loose on our interpretation of what we mean by "everything"!. A thing is neither good nor bad but an action is tainted by the motive and purpose!.
So if we are talking about tangible things then I would say that everything has potential beauty!.
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Before I could answer, you would need to define you terms!.
What do you mean by beauty!? what is your definition of beauty!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yup, it's called Vision!. Even the blind have talked about it!0!

The most pathetic person in the world is the person who has sight, but no vision!.!.!.Helen Keller!.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it!.!.!.Confucius!.

He who sees with his eyes is blind!.!.!.Plato!.

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Yes I agree with our friend Mr Ray Stevens!.

Jesus loves the little children,
All the little children of the world!.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in his sight!.
Jesus loves the little children of the world!.

Everything is beautiful in it's own way!.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day!.
And everybody's beautiful in their own way!.
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way!.

There is none so blind as he who will not see!.
We must not close our minds; we must let our thoughts be free!.
For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older!.
It's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder!.

And everything is beautiful in it's own way!.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day!.
Oh, sing it children!
Everybody's beautiful in their own way!.
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way!.

We shouldn't care about the length of his hair, or the color of his skin!.
Don't worry about what shows from without, but the love that lives within!.
And we're gonna get it all together now; everything gonna work out fine!.
Just take a little time to look on the good side my friend,
And straighten it out in your mind!.

And everything is beautiful in it's own way!.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day!.
Ah, sing it children!
Everybody's beautiful in their own way,
Under God's heaven the world's gonna find a way!.
One more time!
Everything is beautiful in it's own way!.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

a pessimist see's the world for what it is
an optimist see's the world the way we would like it to be
it is easy to see the beauty when you are happy and content, not so easy with a dead child in your arms, in a war, a famine, poor, diseased, persecuted, a penned up or hunted animal, animals tortured for OUR benefit at laboratories, etc, etc,!.
Is everything beautiful!? it could be, if we were to try!. Will we try!? you know the answer to that as well as I!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In a way it is possible that everything can be beautiful in the world and perhaps beyond it, but for this to hold true then the following would have to commence!.

Let us say a horrid act has commenced and I found that is disgusting, but for someone else it seems beautiful, but I do something and they find it horrible, even though I find it beautiful!. As a group or collective, there will always be someone in the world who will find beauty in something and as soon as they see something they do not like, then another person in the group will find it beautiful instead!.

The other side of the coin is as individuals!. It is impossible for an individual to say that there is beauty in everything!. There will come a time where a person will be utterly disgusted on what you have witnessed!. Unless you find some way to find its beauty, but in some cases I highly doubt it!.

I am not so sure if I have made it clear!.

As for that song which states everything is beautiful, i just plain do not believe it!. It smarts of ignorance somehow!. Its like such people just stand there in the face of adversity and say "gosh! its so beautiful", while others look at such horrors and will want to do something about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

For me it is, I am content with what I have achieved with life!. I could have done more, I could have done less, but I accept my shortcomings and handle life the best I can, it is better than worrying yourself sick aiming for goals you can never attain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!.!.I believe there is beauty in everything!.
After all, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

B side of this Ray Stevens classic!.!.!.!.is called 'The Minority'

They're the minority
Rejected by society
Standing on the deck of a sinking ship
About to slip beneath a silent sea of apathy

They're the minority
Without the authority
To legislate the right
They must fight the fight
They must see the light
Through the lonely night
They must preach the right
Through the hateful spite!.!.!.!.

And the majority rules
While a stampede of fools
marches over them
Deaf to the cries of men!.!.!.!.!.!.

!.Granny Crabtree: !."!.that's kind of beautiful!.!.!.in it's own way!.!.!.!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with the majority that some beauty can be seen in everybody and everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It sure is in my part of the world!. I still have flowers blooming despite the low temperatures!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I believe everything is beautiful!. Life is beautiful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com