Since we were very young, we’ve been told that true beauty comes from within, but sometimes we don’t know what inner beauty is, after all, we can’t see it. Here are 3 things that can help you see and understand inner beauty.

Inner beauty is in your words. 

True beauty comes from within and often comes out through our words. I’ve known several people who were pretty on the outside but when they carelessly repeated nasty, unkind words, they suddenly looked like pigs wearing gold rings! Just think about whether you have seen evidence of this with the people around you. Which ones seem beautiful or ugly because of their words?

Inner beauty is in the little everyday choices you make. 

When we are faced with small, daily choices such as whether to tell a white lie to avoid trouble, whether to avoid the new girl/boy because no one else seems to like her, or whether to sneak a peek(偷看) at a classmate’s test, our inner beauty(or lack thereof) comes out. Good choices are fueled by good character — and that’s real inner beauty. While no one is perfect, inner beauty will show itself in the repeated choices a person makes.

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When someone makes a mistake and it affects you, how do you respond? True beauty comes from within when someone is polite, understanding, and forgiving. Someone without inner beauty will be angry, accusing, and inflexible. And when you are the one who make a mistake, how do you respond? Do you blame the people around you, or do you accept it and move on, giving yourself grace and room to grow? A person with inner beauty doesn’t see mistakes as threats; she/he sees them as a regular part of life and a chance to learn.

Why are these things so important? Because your words, choices, and responses, combine to send a clear message to the people around you about who you really are and what matters to you. In the long run, that will determine which friends you have (and keep), the doors that open (or close) for you, and the path you will take in the future.

1. The underlined part “pigs wearing gold rings” in Paragraph 2 probably means_________.（词义猜测）

A    pretty

B    careful

C    ugly

D    responsible