Beautiful

What is beautiful? A man sees a woman and, without knowing anything about her, feels a pang in his heart. An inner city child born and raised on concrete climbs up a mountain pass that looks over a valley, and feels the uplifting joy of being alive on this planet. A midwestern mother looks upon her baby girl, who only lived for a few hours, and lays perfectly still in a world of sound and fury. A husband kisses his wife goodbye after 50 years, feeling, for the first time, alone in this world. It is all beautiful, whether it builds you up or tears you apart.