"It's a great time to be alive," she said. "To be born with all of this potential. Seems a shame so few will truly succeed. Achievements are never enough without guidance from family and our closest friends. Really, who gets the chance to overcome every obstacle set before her path? As for those who fail and fail yet again, triumphs may be as small as a sundae to enjoy with children at a counter in an ice cream shop, while a gap-toothed smile makes the boys and girls giggle while eating every spoonful with their own missing teeth. Take a moment to accept how silly obsessions with appearances becomes, burdened with the need to look right, better even than her own grown children." As to why she spoke this short monologue, left me a bit baffled. I said nothing in that moment, just trying to listen. Versions of the truth ring a bell when such experiences create an event such that the mind remembers a moment however strange as good stories to tell. Even though, some of those children snicker self-consciously knowing their teeth grow back after they fall out, so-called baby teeth. If children seem mean-spirited at times despite their age, they can be forgiven.
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