The Legend Of Beauty And Benevolence

Audrey Hepburn With Love

By Shaktida at Ekko

“Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.”

Being humane is an integral part of being a human. Today everyone is driven by their personal goals and ambitions, and to find time to understand the problems of a fellow human being is a challenge for the majority. The truth is that no matter how hard you try to beat others and get ahead, use what you have got to get the attention you deserve and how much fame you get and money you earn, you have to remember that in life no one makes it out alive. The most we can do is employ our resources, material and immaterial to help better the life of others. To learn this fact as a lesson from the life of someone as famous, beautiful and talented as Audrey Hepburn is a reminder of how even the most successful people have not forgotten to show their love of mankind. And to realize that this mesmerising British actress and humanitarian is recognized as a film and fashion icon only adds the cherry to the cake.

1. Don’t let the outer world erode your inner aspirations.

The world doesn’t always function the way you want it to. Oftentimes, living through an entire day becomes a challenge but you should not let that disturbance get to you and play with your inner peace.

Audrey Hepburn was born on 4 May, 1929 in Ixelles, a district of Brussels. She spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War. She helped the Dutch resistance movement by delivering messages through a courier and assisted with fundraising. The difficult circumstances that she was living in did not affect her desire to stand against them and pursue what she loved, dance.

2. Enjoy all you have while pursuing what you want.

To seek pleasure and happiness is an unending venture of life. This does not mean to be unsatisfied and unhappy with what you have. Count your blessings and pursue what you want with all your heart.

After the war, Hepburn continued to pursue an interest in dance. She studied ballet in Amsterdam and later in London. In 1948, Hepburn made her stage debut as a chorus girl in the musical High Button Shoes in London. More small parts on the British stage followed. That same year, Hepburn made her feature film debut in 1951’s One Wild Oat, in an unaccredited role. She went on to parts in such films as Young Wives’ Tales and The Lavender Hill Mob.

3. Great talent finds its happiness in execution.

At the age of 22, Audrey Hepburn went to New York to star in the Broadway production of Gigi, based on the book by the French writer Colette. Only a few weeks after the play premiered, news reports indicated that Hepburn was being wooed by Hollywood. Only two years later, she took the world by storm in the film Roman Holiday (1953) with Gregory Peck. Audiences and critics alike were wowed by her acting. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this performance. From here began her life that was essentially characterized by success, awards, appreciation and fame.

4. In life we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Audrey Hepburn redefined beauty, style and fashion in Hollywood’s Golden Age. The immense contribution she gave to cinema and the recognition she earned through it was not enough for her to live the life she wanted. She devoted much of her later life to UNICEF. Although contributing to the organization since 1954, she worked in some of the poorest communities of Africa, South America and Asia between 1988 and 1992. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in December 1992.

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