The SHIFT DRESS

I held myself somuch not to write about this, but I had to anyway.
On this very beautiful Saturday morning, as I prepared for the training I was to attend, I had lost interest in the pre planned cloth I was to wear and I was looking out for something that I would be relaxed in for the day, based on my mood. Alas! I saw this over five years short native gown I wear once in a while. That was my comfy outfit according to my mood and I just ironed and rocked it.

Enroute my destination, while I walked down the road, I realized the gown wasn't staying in position. It always shifted away from the regular line, thereby making the dress feel tighter than usual and it made it look hotter too and uncomfortable. I had to make an extra effort to hold a part of the dress firmly while I walked to reduce the rate at which it tightened.
As usual, many cars stopped to either say hello, or attempt to collect number or just slow down, smiled and zoomed off. I'm a very shy person, especially when toomuch attention is on me while walking but I managed through the long frequent walks at different stops.

Few weeks before that day, I wore an above the knee skirt (not necessarily short), and this same occurrence happened and I was wondering why that day. But this gown version brought my attention to my inner wear. One of the tights I bought recently while I was changing the old ones was a material that seemed slippery and of course elastic. The bottom line is that the surface was slippery therefore it affected the outer clothes I wore.
How didn't I take note of this earlier? I asked myself. It just got me thinking about how much we pay attention to the outside of a thing and not pay full attention to the inner. Forgetting the inner can distort the outer at some point.
It's just like painting a house that has damp issues, after a short while, the inner issue (dampness)will surface to the outside and reveal that there is a problem that has not been sorted out inwardly.

Ponder on, and pay attention to those things you know you need to change on the inside. It's not good enough to look all glam, orderly and perfect on the outside whilst your inside is wailing for a change or an adjustment to function better.
If you don't pay attention to what you wear under, your outer wear, though looks perfect now, will shift like the shift dress, and reveal there is something is wrong on the inside.
Nothing is truly hidden under the sun.
A word is enough for the wise.

My Thoughts.

Ala Wilcox.


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