NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and women generally agree about how attractive another person is, and are often quite accurate in predicting how others will rate their own appearance, new study findings show.

These results indicate that, not surprisingly, people tend to pay very close attention to their own and others’ attractiveness.

One gets the feeling that physical attractiveness is one of the major themes of social life,” study author Dr. Rowland Miller told Reuters Health.

Interestingly, men and women also show subtle differences in how they rate themselves and others, illustrating that both genders are not equally attuned to physical attractiveness, report Miller and his coauthor, Dr. David K. Marcus.

I heard it in a movie called ‘Maid in Manhattan’ , “what defines us is not how we fall, but how we rise after our falls”… and how true that is. Our lives today are full of let-downs and rejections, some that are warranted by our actions and others that are quite unexpected. However, we all deal with negativity and pain in our own way and in our own time. It is very hard to fall or to be insulted or embarrassed, even more so if it comes from the people you love and respect, and the people who you want to be loved and respected by. But how long should we keep that baggage in our mind and in our hearts? Should we let it sit like a rock in the bottom of our hearts for ever, pulling us down to the dumps whenever something pricks the pain, or should we toss it out and become more aware of our inner strengths, and in turn, learn new ways to overcome our faults and failings.