Insight as a riddle.

Lady Riri lounging atop a city somewhere.

Beauty lies with the women who chose not to be beautiful, but are in a way that subjugates vanity, not by force, but integrity. The will to live is as strong as the will to be better. The need to be seen is as important as being a part of a whole, and being held is a thirst quenched by being loved. It is all laid out in the plan of essence to simply be the essence of who we are as women, and as men!

There is a lot of sacred text about beauty. There is a Biblical notion that beauty is vain, but operates under the principle of standing water. What happens when water stands still? It stagnates. Beauty unfolds. She changes form from making men feel empowered, and making women powerful beyond the limits of religion, belief and cultural expectations. Beauty lies with the women who chose not to be beautiful, but are in a way that subjugates vanity, not by force, but integrity. Beauty knows the place she comes from and Beauty as a soul force can couple with love in such a way transformation takes place.

It takes living to know these things. It takes being present to listen to these things. Intuition, a feminine energy, knows better where beauty can play, as well as knowing can predict outcome. What I mean is that Beauty can be misused, and danger comes to beautiful women quickly in a society adverse to the enlightenment women's essential core brings forth from and pours into Creation.

- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories Nov. 09, 2016

older Black woman, Jo-Ani Johnson, 64.

Older woman fitting in style with her watermelon purse.