He was leaning against a brick wall. An old gold shawl, wrapped loosly around his neck, draped down against his worn olive tweed jacket and khaki pants. He had an aura of wealth even in poverty. Despite his less then wealthy “Good Will” store look, he carried himself tall and straight. He was instantly fascinating, a walking secret that some saw as an artist, others a prophet.
ELEGANCE IS IN ATTITUDE
We can not all wear or afford name brand clothing. In a time of Financial Crisis when many are forced to live on Food Stamps and a 6.25 meal a day, “elegance” seems trivial. Maintaining poise and elegance gets jobs. How do we adopt it?
- We can walk or be in the grace of spiritual elegant guides.
- {Living or dead role models play in our heads from tv’s, movies and magazines.}
- Do as the movie screen artists do, “Play the part” through visualization.
The attitude of elegance is “less is more,” and powerfully understated.
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- Surround your self with their image
- How did they walk?
- How did they talk?
- How can you blend their essence with yours?
Envision your favorite “suave” Screen actor, Author, Talk Host or Person.
- What colors do they wear?
- How do they take care of their body?
- What does their Hair say in its essence?
- What kind of words do they use?
Just as children download their parent’s behavior, so can we download an attitude or style we admire any time we want in our lives. It is never too late to redesign ourselves, by coloring our style with elegance.
- Elegance is “less is more”. Adopting serenity and self confidence, can bring the essence of “poise.”
- {Even if at first we do not Feel we are elegant} we can choose, as adults, to use a favorite elegant celebrity or person, to down load their style into ours.
- children we observed our parental care takers every day.
- Part of embracing our inner child is to download freely the behavior of those we admire. It is part of improving and learning to change for the better.
Remember Elegance is in the Attitude of Smooth Self Confidence and does not need to boast. No matter whether young, old, handicapped or body imperfect, it’s attitude dynamics follow you everywhere by:
- the colors you choose,
- the turn of your head,
- The pause before speaking
You can transcend beyond poverty, get jobs, better opportunities in life even in the hardest of times, by adopting the attitude of elegance.
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