The Beautiful People

We see them every now and then, here in Wiltshire: The Beautiful People. They are the ones who, if they populated the whole Earth, it would be safe.

Link: How many Earths would be needed if everyone had your lifestyle?

You can't recognise a Beautiful Person just by looking at them.  Yes, many of them dress in a bohemian style, wear their hair at lengths that would get them on the 'reject' pile for many office jobs, and would have no idea what's in fashion this season; but there are too many imitators to be sure that the person you are looking at is One of the Beautiful People.

You will find both The Beautiful People and their imitators: The Ugly People, at Druidic High Holidays,such as the Summer and Winter Solstices, Beltane and Alban Elfed. The Beautiful People and The Ugly People will wander together around the stones of Stonehenge and the fires of Beltane, indistinguishable.  But if you watch closely, you will soon see which is which.

The Beautiful People will stow their empty water bottle back in their bag. The Ugly People will toss theirs aside once it's empty.  The Beautiful People will walk away and you will not know they have been.  The Ugly People will walk away, leaving their trail of litter behind them. For the Ugly People, it's someone else's job to clean up after them.

After all, these places are for everyone. Many just want to say they've been there, to witness The Summer Solstice; to see The Northern Lights; to watch the total eclipse of the sun; and that's fine; if they can learn to behave like The Beautiful People, or already do, then they are not The Ugly People.  If they let go of so much as a toffee wrapper at one of our precious, ancient sites, then walk away leaving someone else to pick it up, they are, most definitely, one of The Ugly People.

When the festivities are done, many of The Beautiful People will stay behind, to help clean up the mess left by The Ugly People, even knowing that The Ugly People will turn up again, next time, to soil and pollute the sacred sites again.  The Beautiful People don't complain; they are too busy caring.

I love The Beautiful People.

I just wish that The Ugly People wore their ugliness on the outside, so we could bar them at the gate.

Link: Litter at Stonehenge