Not too long ago, I had to renew my driver’s license, and when the new one came, I was pleasantly surprised. Compared with the picture from years ago, I had improved. The explanation wasn’t complicated. Years ago I was so far in what my friends called “the twilight zone,” that any picture of me reflected the shock I was in from coping with my family’s problems.
I had known the embarrassment of pulling out my driver license for credentials and watching the person stare at the picture, and then at me. This individual was probably wondering if it was really me. Of course, I mumbled an explanation why my driver’s license picture failed to show my real beauty. I had looked so bad in the prior license that the new one was in fact flattering.
When I applied for that new driver’s license, I remembered the changes the years could bring. A typical driver license application has spaces where I fill in my eye color, hair color, weight, etc. I found it strange that women left their weight the same as it was when they originally got their driver’s license at the age of sixteen. I also wondered why some men have a license they got years ago that said their hair was black when their hair had long since disappeared and they’re totally bald.
Have you ever seen a driver’s license with truthful information? What about the people who have one blue eye and one green? There is no space for that on a driver’s license. Or how about the women who changed their hair color so often that only their hairstylist knows for sure their exact color and some weeks she’s wondering.
Years can bring many changes, and it’s often said that, as we grow older, we develop a hardening of the attitudes. All you have to do is drive on the freeways, and you will learn that a lot of people have become hardened.
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty because they moved it from their faces into their hearts.
Love,
Carmen Monica
Carmen Monica Oprea 