See Beauty In That Which You At First Find Ugly (exercise 11)

This exercise can be done alone, or as a competition with others.

Find three objects you find ugly, or at least not very pretty.

Choose which of the three objects, you wish to start with.

Write down all the beauty you can find in/about this object.

Perhaps it has a nice form? or a pretty colour?

Perhaps it has a beautiful glow, when the light hits it from a specific angle?

It lays comfortable in your hand? Or has a nice texture?

When you have written down all the beauty you can find in/about this object, go on to the next object and then the last of the three objects.

If you are doing this with others, as a competition, then take one object at a time and by turn write down all the beauty you can find in/about the object. 
Don’t let the others see, what you write down.
When you are done, compare your results and see who found most beauty in the objects. Also, see what you agree about and what you disagree about.

If someone likes, let's say, the colour of the object and another doesn’t, then the one who doesn’t like it can say out loud:

“I don’t like the colour right now, but it is still a beautiful colour and there are other people who do like it.”

It may also be that someone likes a spot on the thing and you don’t, then say: 
“I don’t like the spot on this thing right now, but it is still a beautiful spot and there are other people who do like it.”

The reason you say ‘right now’, is because we don’t know what we may find beautiful in several years from now and the point of doing this exercise is to learn to see more and new beauty all the time.

Work with this exercise every day for 1-3 weeks, then move on to the next exercise.
When you begin working with a new exercise, don't forget to also once in a while use the other exercises you've already worked with.

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