The Bright Red Hat

joanlawson

The glance of a female into a mirror...............



At 2, she looks into the mirror and sees a princess,

At 7, she sees herself as the beautiful Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty,

At 14, she sees herself as a young lady, but fat with pimples, and thinks she can't possibly be seen this way. ''How awful!'' she says.

At 20, she sees herself as too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, hair too curly or too straight..........but she goes out anyway.

At 30, she still sees herself as too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, hair too curly or too straight............but she decides she hasn't got time to fix all this, and she goes out anyway.

At 40, she still sees herself as too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, hair too curly or too straight............but she thinks, ''Hey, I'm alive! Oh well!'' and she goes out anyway.

At 50, she thinks, ''Finally, I am me''........ She goes out and thinks,'' I'm even better!''

At 60, she looks at herself and thinks of all the women who can't seem to look at themselves in the mirror..........She goes out and conquers the world!

At 70, she sees herself and her worth, her wisdom and happiness, and she recognises her ability.............She goes out and enjoys life to the full.

At 80, she does not preoccupy herself with looking in the mirror. She simply puts on her bright red hat and goes and enjoys all the fun that life has to offer.

Let us share the message to all women:

Let us all put on our red hats sooner :!:



Let us be more mindful of opening our hearts rather than our appearance.

Let us enjoy each and every moment and share those with the ones we love.

To all my female friends, I celebrate YOU today, and send a big hug



Joan

valval

joan this is lovely


even put my make up on val

frogmorton

Ah Joan!!!

How lovely

I wish all women coudl see thsi especially the younger ones.

Love

Toni xx

mig

Going to crochet myself a bright red hat. Mig

joanlawson

Hi Val, Toni, and Mig,

I'm glad that you liked it. It was sent to me yesterday by my twins' birth-mother, with whom I share a great bond, as you can imagine. I thought I would pass it on because I think we women do tend to worry far too much about our appearance instead of just enjoying life to the full.

Both me and my twins' birth-mother have learned to put on our bright red hats and go out to conquer the world together We might look like the ''old birds'' in this picture, but who cares :?:



Joan

weejean

Joan

Really like this Hope you dont mind but I have copied it to send it to all my girlies. Thanks xx

joanlawson

weejean wrote:

Joan

Really like this Hope you dont mind but I have copied it to send it to all my girlies. Thanks xx

Glad you liked it, and I don't mind a bit

julie47

I liked this joan too

and tomorrow I will look for a big red hat. ( Or I have a wax green one at the bottom of a wardrobe could I wear that?)

Juliepf x

Airwave!

My ancient mum always says, "red hat no kn****rs" , don't know here it came from though.

Then again she talks a load of twoddle!

julie47

Airwave.....I thought it was red shoes no kn****rs :shock:

valval

i thought it was red shoes as well ???

NinaKKang

I did like this!
Nxx

Airwave!

No, according to the old wives tales my mother tells, it is:-

Red hat no knickers!

Pity the girl with a red outfit on!!!!!

Incidentally she told me never to marry a girl with green eyes, which is exactly what I did! Open umbrellas indoors, put odd socks on or change them over if you do, whistle when you shouldn't, put your shoes together the wrong way round, need I go on?

joanlawson

My favourite pair of shoes are red, and I've had a few comments when I wear them............ ( not telling )

tkachev

only just seen this thread. Only 2 years to go until i'm 50 and happy with myself! Not long to go then......

Elizabeth

tkachev

Crumbs Airwave I have green eyes. Are we witches?

E x