Age 3: She looks at herself and
sees a Queen.
Age 8: She looks at herself and
sees Cinderella.
Age 15: She looks at herself as
the "Ugly Sister"-"Mom, I can't go to
school looking like this!"
Age 20: She looks at herself and
sees, "too fat/too thin, too short/too
tall, too straight/too
curly"-but decides she's going out anyway.
Age 30: She looks at herself and
sees, "too fat/too thin, too short/too
tall, too straight/too
curly"-but decides she doesn't have time to fix it
so she's going out anyway.
At 40: She looks at herself and
sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too
tall, too straight/too
curly"-but says, "At least I'm clean," and goes out
anyway.
Age 50: She looks at herself, sees
"I am", and goes wherever she wants to
go.
Age 60: She looks at herself and
reminds herself of all the people who
can't even see themselves in the
mirror anymore. Goes out and conquers
the world.
Age 70: She looks at herself and
sees wisdom, laughter and ability, goes
out and enjoys life.
Age 80: Doesn't bother to look.
Just puts on a purple hat and goes out
to have fun with the world.
Maybe we should all grab that
purple hat earlier.
