I’m sure many hands would go up if I were to ask this question at your next school assembly. Or you’d probably be able to nominate a few friends who ‘desperately need a makeover’.
What’s our obsession with becoming ‘prettier’ or ‘sexier’, anyway? Why do we spend hours trying to hide our big ears, trim bushy eyebrows, or tame a wild ‘fro?
I guess it’s our innate conceit: to be more desirable to the people around us (and maybe to ourselves.)
I say, ditch that! But big up to a makeover that defies the inevitable onslaught of ageing.
First, slice a hole through my brain and remove the tumours of envy, greed and selfish ambition. Then reprogram my DNA so that the gratitude cerebrum and mercy oblongata become overactive.
Next, to the lips: an extra injection of the type of botox that makes me speak fewer unkind words and more encouragement to others.
Ears: ooh – enlargement, please. Make them bigger, and more prone to hear what people are really saying, not just the words coming from their lips.
Nose: slice off just enough to keep it from sniffing around in business that should not concern me.
Hands: another enlargement, please. Make them big enough to help carry the burdens of my family and friends, and long enough to reach out to a stranger in need.
So that’s my extreme makeover wish list.
Right now, a real-life makeover that really rocks is our new website. Better than botox, baby!