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Show i " Enjoy Yourself it's later than You think By Mary Gae Evans . 1 PAROWAN Sometimes our bodies play mean tricks on us. Of course, I must admit that we don't treat them too good either, but sometimes I get really upset at the way I'm treated by myself. For example, when you are young and skinny (in high school) you can eat anything you want to without gaining a single pound. And, you are so busy, you don't even think about food or care if you see any. Then, when you get old enough to realize how important stuffing yourself is you have to stick to a diet to keep from looking like the goodyear blimp. I ask you, is that really fair? Then there is the hair department. depart-ment. When kids are little, they have beautiful thick, shiny hair and they don't even care if it's ever washed or combed. Then, when they get old enough to enjoy such luxurious locks, disaster strikes and they either go bald or grey or stringy or dull. A nice, young body of about four can go on a high run from daylight until way after dark and never get tired. But when you get all grown up and have a houseful of kids to take care of, your energy leaves and you have just about as much pep as a day-old day-old dishrag. If you want to look good in the morning for an early appointment ap-pointment with the dentist you think is kind of cute, your thoughtful body might just have molded a big wrinkle down across your eyelid and cheek-from cheek-from sleeping a little too soundly after trying to keep up with all those energetic offspring. off-spring. And, it won't go away for hours. Then, when you are sitting in the super-quiet waiting room full of people, your body will play another trick on you by causing your stomach to growl loudly. You can hurry and move around and clear your throat but everyone heard' it and you can't erase it. This little trick will also be played on you during the prayer in church. Never at home where you could slurp and burp and growl happily and no one would care. If you don't baby the heck out of your feet they will get revenge on you by forming a few corns or bunions in very strategic places. I can be totally disabled by a tihey, tiny corn and my feet know it and just wait for a chance to get me. And the wrinkles, oh boy do they tell a tale. I don't want you to panic, but the kind of personality you have is being written in wrinkles on your face. Are you starting to show more smile lines or frown lines-eventually lines-eventually , your face will describe you perfectly so avoid sour thoughts and sour apples and tell jokes and smile a lot. Don't let your face tell tales on you; we can win this battle with ourselves if we really try, Well, at least we can agree to an honorable method of losing. |