Charles BaudelaireHow convenient it is to declare that everything is totally ugly within the habit of the époque, rather than applying oneself to extract from it the dark and cryptic beauty, however faint and invisible it is.
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If we choose to look at the world and all of its ugliness and bleakness through a different lens, we can use that lens to create beauty and significance in our lives. We can take delight in the beauty of what is rather than focusing on the ugliness of what is. We can see beauty in the seemingly insignificant and discover it within ourselves. We can allow our lives to be illuminated by the beauty of the world, not be darkened by it.
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