"Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman"
A Purple Hat
A look in the mirror ....
At age 3: She looks in the mirror and sees a queen.
At age 8: She looks in the mirror and sees Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty.
At age 15: She looks in the mirror and sees Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty/Cheerleader," or if she is PMS'ing, she sees "Fat/Pimples/Ugly "
("Mom, I can't go to school looking like this!")
At age 20: She looks in the mirror and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly" ... but decides she's going out anyway.
At age 30: She looks in the mirror and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly" ... but decides she doesn't have time to fix it,
she's going out anyway.
At age 40: She looks in the mirror 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.
At age 50: She looks in the mirror and sees "I am" and goes wherever she wants to go.
At age 60: She looks in the mirror and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror any more ... Goes out and conquers the world.
At age 70: She looks in the mirror and sees wisdom, laughter and ability ... Goes out and enjoys life.
At age 80: She doesn't bother to look ... Just puts on that purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world
Maybe we should all grab that purple hat a little earlier.
~ Author Unknon ~
