As I was getting the boys ready for school this morning, neither of them wanted to brush their hair or teeth; to which my wife responded ‘boys, don’t you care what others think of you?’ Both of them stopped for a millisecond then went back to eating their breakfast, an obvious ‘No’ being the unspoken answer. My wife continued, ‘you may not care, but I do and you will brush your hair and teeth.’ So they did brush their hair and teeth and as they entered the bus, they both messed up their hair as if to say, ha-ha mom, we like the way we look just the way we are . . . 

I’ve never received a report from school stating ‘Dear Mr. & Mrs. Krei, your children came to school today and their hair was not brushed, please refrain form sending your children to school with unruly hair’, not once in the last 10 years have I ever received such a letter. And keep in mind that at home, Kyle & Hunter are mostly likely seen running around the house in T shirts and boxer briefs and if you come knocking at our door, you best be prepared and unsurprised to find them that way.

Another thing that my wife insists is that our sons wear ‘outfits’ that mirror each other; first off boys don’t wear outfits and secondly they don’t give a snap if they are wearing the same clothes only in different colors. Just for the record, we do not dress our identical twins identically.

Why is it that we humans care so much about what others think of us that it drives us crazy just thinking about it. Seriously . . . imagine for a second what would happen if Brad and Angelina stepped out of their mansion to jump in their Bentley and nobody cared because quite frankly, who are they really? I for one do not look around every morning I jump in my Mercury Sable and wonder  . . . how do I look? Did anyone see me? Where are all the paparazzi? I do look into the mirror to make sure my nose is clean, literally.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

One of the ‘hot trends’ today is ‘Branding’ but I wonder if those that proclaim they can ‘help you brand yourself’ are teaching from the front end or back end of that quote. Be careful out there. I may appear to have weathered many years, but my soul is as bright and warm and inviting as the sun.