I have always placed a lot of importance on how I look. Hey... I grew up in the 80s when we took two hours every morning doing hair and makeup! It gets engrained in us that how we look is more important than other things- like what's on the inside. This lesson came swiftly to me recently when I basically curb-stomped my own face. I was carrying groceries and fell right into cement steps. It could have been much worse but what it has painfully showed me is that my face and looks will fade (maybe sooner than later!) and what I will be left with is what kind of person I am. I will be left with how I make others feel. I will be left with how kind I have been and how have I shown love and kindness to those around me. It has been very eye-opening (so to speak) to realize the emphasis I have put on my looks. The old cliche is true. What's on the inside IS what counts most. Sometimes it takes a little slip and fall to learn that lesson for real.