"The Purple Hat"

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At Age 8:
Looks at herself and sees herself as Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty.

At Age 15:
Looks at herself and sees herself as a fat Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty with PMS and pimples - refuses to go out looking like this.

At Age 20:
Looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/ too tall, too straight/too curly" - and goes out after she's spent ages fixing up everything.

At Age 30:
Looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/ too tall, too straight/too curly" - but too busy to fix it so she's going anyway.

At Age 40:
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 anyway.

At Age 50:
Looks at herself and sees "I am" and goes where ever she wants to.

At Age 60:
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.

At Age 70:
Looks at herself & sees wisdom, laughter and ability, goes out and enjoys life.

At Age 80:
Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun.

~ RETROSPECTIVE ~

Maybe we should all grab that purple hat
a little earlier in life!

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