My sisters and I have discovered the power of red hats---you can do whatever you want to do, no matter how silly! The maturity gained through the years disappears in about ten seconds. As Jenny Joseph said so well:
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
By the way, I'm the one in the red hat.
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Age 3- She looks at herself in her purple hat, and sees a Queen.
Age 8- She looks at herself and sees Cinderella.
Age 15- She looks at herself and sees an 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" decides she doesn't have time to fix it, but she's going out anyway.
Age 40- She looks at herself and says "too much to do, can't get it all done, it's been a long day,
and I'm going out anyway".
Age 50- She looks at herself and thinks "I am just fine" and goes wherever she wants to go.
Age 60- She looks at herself and sees wisdom and laughter, and goes out and enjoys life.
Age 70- She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. Then goes out and conquers the world.
Age 80- Doesn't even bother to look. She just puts on that purple hat, goes out, and has fun with the world.
Maybe we should all grab that purple hat a little earlier.
I don't know who wrote this but I think it fits although none of yo you are close to that age.
Sean
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