A woman
at the age of
3: when she takes a look in the mirror she
sees a queen;
at the age of
8: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees Cinderella;
at
the age of 15: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees a monster (Mom,
with a head like that I cannot go to school!);
at
the age of 20: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees that she is “too fat/too thin, too short/too tall,
too straight/too curly”, still she decides to leave home;
at
the age of 30: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees that she is “too
fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly”, but she thinks not
to have time any more to change this, and so she leaves home;
at
the age of 40: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees that she is “too fat/too thin, too short/too tall,
too straight/too curly”, but she says “But I am clean at least”, and she leaves
home;
at
the age of 50: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees herself as she is,
and she goes then wherever she wants to;
at
the age of 60: when she takes a look in the mirror she thinks of the people who
cannot see themselves in the mirror anymore. Then she leaves home and conquers
the world;
at
the age of 70: when she takes a look in the mirror she sees wisdom, knowledge
and merriment, and she enjoys life to the full;
at
the age of 80 she doesn’t care the mirror. She simply puts on her purple hat
and she leaves home to laugh together with the world.
I decided not to wait until the age of 80; I’m going to take my purple
hat right now!
The original: http://www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/poems/The%20Purple%20Hat.htm
