Beauty and Realism.

I've learned many things in my 20 years of life, I've had many questions and gotten many answers, but one thing I don't think I'll ever get an answer to is my question in regards to beauty, what is it? Who knows. Many people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but is that really all there is to it? I don't think so. If that were the case, then that would mean beauty is constantly changing, one day we think something is the most beautiful thing we've ever owned and the next we don't find it as "beautiful" anymore and we eventually stop caring about it. I think beauty is something which provides comfort to the soul. It can be a relationship, a photograph, anything, as long as there is more to it than just a good appearance. In my opinion, good meaning equals beauty. I'll use a good friend of mine as an example. She is physically attractive, but this is not the reason why I say she is beautiful. I say she is beautiful because of our friendship. This girl is beautiful because of the compassion she has for others, the respect she gives to people, how GIVING she is, never expecting to receive anything back. That is what I call true beauty. She can go from being very attractive to being an ordinary girl within a few years, but the internal beauty is there to stay forever and that's what I think truly matters. I think beauty is more abstract than anything. The rest is all superficial and it will not last forever.
Okay, so here's the other question, what is "real?" Well to be quite honest, I don't think the world will ever have a specific definition for beauty or realism, since it varies from individual to individual. However, I do think both of these topics go hand in hand. In my opinion, something real is something pure. You can show me someone who has had over a dozen plastic surgery procedures and I will not describe this as something beautiful or real. Even if the person looks better after the plastic surgery than before, I would much rather have the original than the "newer" version, only because the original was the real thing. I don't think it is possible for something to be beautiful if it isn't real, those are just illusions. In terms of dating, I would rather date a guy with a great personality instead of an A hole with great looks because at the end of the day, personality is what is real and what is real is what's here to stay. It goes back to what I said before, beauty and realism are are a "meaning" and something "original.." Something "unfixed." Ugh I'll stop now, it feels like I'm going around in circles and the last thing I want to do is lose sleep on this hahahaha. I think I've made my point clear though. :)