On how to see your true self

Once there was a little old woman named Flora who didn’t want to look old and wasted no time in saying so, over and over, in a positive daily affirmation: “I look more young and vibrant every day.”
“But you look old,” friend Sally said. “Just look in the mirror,” suggested friend Holly, kindly dragging Flora over to her dressing table mirror.
Flora stared into the mirror. “Well?” her friends said together. Flora just smiled, a pretty, perky s