Tallulah wants to start a collection of pretty things she finds outside her house. One day, Maisy takes her for a beach holiday, and she goes around the beach collecting shells, but none of them she finds aren't pretty enough. In fact, one that was pretty before had brown holes in it.
Luckily, Tallulah knows she can turn to Maisy for advice. She runs up to her friend and asks if there's another way to find beauty and meaning inside the shells. Removing her sunglasses and taking a drink of her orange cocktail, Maisy reminds Tallulah: "You can find beauty and meaning in everything you see, just like me. When I was shipped off to India and Africa, I found beauty and meaning in the outside world, because I'm so glad to have Leopard and Dog as my teachers. And when you found me in India, I showed you, Lion and Dog that there's beauty to be found everywhere, even when you're far from home. Inside these shells you find, they're not as ugly as you'd expect - in fact, things you find in nature aren't supposed to be ugly as you thought they'd appear. Each little piece of nature that's considered horrendous to others, is actually beautiful to those who look deeper inside it. So, next time you see something you call 'ugly and slimy' in nature, try and look at it differently. Usually, I spot out three things that are beautiful about its weird appearance, like the brown spots on those shells for instance, and then put it in my bucket. You think you can do that for me?"
Tallulah shrieked with joy in her chickish ways at the thought of this idea, and thanked Maisy for her idea. She then ran around the beach collecting all the shells she thought were ugly, naming three beautiful things she found in each one, especially the shell with brown dots. She found:
- A smooth yet bumpy texture
- Brown dots making a beautiful pattern
- How it smells of bonfire smoke
Every time she went back to the beach, Tallulah filled her bucket with shells, naming three things that are beautiful about each shell she found. And with every jar she filled with shells, she knew she found the beauty in them.
For ugly things can't be ugly when you look at them in a different way, including people you think are ugly. If you find the beauty inside them by listing down three things you find beautiful about them, then you've found the whole world hosts a range of beauty not seen in any chemist's store before.
And thanks to Maisy, Tallulah knew the world was full of beauty, all thanks to what Maisy called 'The Three Beautiful Things Technique'. You can try it at home too if you like - take a cue from Maisy.
Find the amazing.
