A WOMAN'S LIFELINE
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 in ugly duckling ( Mom, I can't go to school looking like this today! )
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 what I am," and goes wherever she wants to go.
AGE 60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. 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: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world.
The moral is, maybe we should all grab that purple hat a little earlier.
Way to go for buying a purple hat. I'd love to see a picture! (And just for clarification Pres. Monson didn't write the passage, did he? Just included it in his book?)
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