Human Form vs Human Substance

We generally tend to measure form as a valid matter instead of substance, we draw conclusion about a person based on what we see about them, no one digs into the substance behind the form.

Human form lies, it drags many into making wrong decisions, it confusingly thwarts the reasoning of correctness.

Is the tomb not beautiful? is the the sepulcher not one of the most beautiful places on earth, there at the grave yard you will find gold and diamond ornaments that decorate the memories of the dead, but beneath the white beautiful decoration lies rotten bones, the form is beautiful but the substance beneath the form is filthy, this also applies in real life, so I go on.

Humans are confused by the beauty of skin color, hair color, eye color, teeth color, height, size, attractiveness etc, I call these forms, they aren’t human substances.

Form is an aspect seen by the eyes, substance is a value hidden behind the forms, a form may appear good but interlocked with stabbing substances, a form may appear bad but there are warm welcoming substances in its surrounding.

In as much it is good to consider forms, that is a human unsolvable weakness, but it’s the best to consider substances the most, there peace of mind lies.

Beauty comes in different colors, because it’s a form, some are white and ugly, some are black and ugly, while some are white and beautiful, while some are black and beautiful, but the form inside the ugliness and beauty is what matters.

Color makes no one beautiful, hair whether short, long, blonde, red, brown, black makes no one beautiful, beauty is a substance not a form.

White dazzling set of teeth, symmetrically aligned face and gorgeous smile are brilliant human forms, I admit, but if the heart doesn’t glitter in the same manner then of what need is the form? il ne sert rien mon ami.

Wonderful body form doesn’t equal wonderful substance, some are super endowed with the best human forms but parading a viperous heart, they have six packs, biceps and macho, but the character isn’t better than that of an animal.

I come, I believe in forms, I also believe in substances, the two most be equally yoked to strike a slightly perfect human, some have a good forms and bad substances, some have bad forms and good substances, while some have both good form and good substance, if you’re privileged go for the later option.

Jesus had no beautiful form according to Isaiah, but he had the substance of God, He wasn’t a giant, just average, the same with King David, we know who they are, the everlasting King and the everlasting Prince(David).

God doesn’t choose people based of form, he looks at substance, so however you are on the outside means nothing, if you bear a good substance in you, it shall radiate on the outward and overshadow every weakness cast upon you by any undesirable form.

Many rely on their forms instead of allowing the substance inside them to direct their decision or choice, a woman with an amazing form believes she can get anything she wants with it, this is true, but she doesn’t know that forms at a time shall become formless, whatever that is formed has a half life, no wonder you look around you would see elegant looking women in their 60s, you try to see what they achieved in life nothing, they were deceived by the form beauty, by the time they’re faced with that reality that form is nothing it’s already past the time.

Form is good, but only substance can keep form valuable for a life time, every form will fade, every white teeth shall fall away, every symmetrical face shall be caressed by wrinkles, every flamboyant waist line shall become shabby as age counts, every six pack shall become 0 pack, every form has an end, but substance shall remain, only you can be you, only you can make you.

– Kanayo Ebuka