2005 - 6th Grade 3rd Place:
Rebecca de Vergie, Colorado
WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT, TRUTH OR BEAUTY
Truth and beauty are both important parts
of life. Truth is not lying or being dishonest. Truth is being
loyal and helping out others. It is being true to yourself and
believing that you can do anything. Beauty is not just having
cool clothes or shimmery eyes. Beauty is in nature and in music
and art. The trees and flowers are beautiful in their own way.
But, the most important place beauty can be found is in your heart.
You can be the ugliest person in the world, but if you have a
good heart, you can be beautiful.
People who don't tell the truth might get into trouble, but being
true can help you in many ways. You can have more friends by being
truthful. Most people don't want to be friends with someone who
isn't honest or who doesn't believe in themselves. Being true
to yourself means not caring what other people think and just
liking yourself for who you are.
Beauty is all around us in life and it can make you happy if you
are having a rough day. Sometimes if you need to just take a break
from everything you can look at all the beautiful things in the
world and just dream. Almost anything in the world can be beautiful.
It just depends on the way you look at it. Not everyone necessarily
thinks that the same things are beautiful. Love is a perfect symbol
of beauty because if we all love someone and feel like we are
loved back, then we tend to be happier. If we are happy then we
can make other people happy, too.
Truth and beauty are both helpful in life and it is difficult
to decide which one is more important. All in all, I think that
truth is more important than beauty. Truth is more important because
in order for there to be beauty such as love in the world, we
have to be honest with one another. In order to be honest with
other people we have to be happy with ourselves. Being truthful
helps us see the beauty in life and in our friends and family,
too. Life is hard sometimes, but if we are loyal and honest to
the ones we love, then they will always be there for us, just
like we are there for them. That is why truth is more important
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