Dear Source:
I thought this was too cute not to share:
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 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," but decides she doesn't have time to fix it, so she's going out, anyway.
Age 40: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly," but says, "At least, I am clean," and goes out, anyway.
Age 50: She looks at herself and says "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, and goes out and conquers the world.
Age 70: She looks at herself and sees wisdom, laughter and ability, and goes out and enjoys life.
Age 80: She 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.
If you send this on to all the women you are grateful to have as friends today in celebration of March as International Women's Month, something good will happen: You will boost many another woman's self-esteem.
Corinne Van Rensselaer
St. Thomas
Editor's note: The Source as a rule does not publish mass-forwarded inspirational and/or humorous messages. As International Women's Month gets under way, this one seemed worthy of being considered an exception.
