The Princess and Her Birthday Lesson

The Princess and Her Birthday Lesson

The sun was streaming through the windows and the birds were singing as the Princess woke up. “What a wonderful day for a birthday,” she thought. “I want to have all of my friends over to celebrate.”
One by one her friends started to arrive. As they were sitting around talking, the Princess looked out the window and saw…him. Eric. The Princess had been watching Eric for weeks and thought he was dreamy. “Why don’t you go out and talk to him?” her friends asked. “Oh, I could never talk to him. I wouldn’t know what to say or what to do,” replied the Princess.
“Oh, we can help you out,” said the friends. Then punk rocker came up to her and said, “Princess, if you would just dye your hair pink like mine, play the guitar, and sing, then he will notice you and like you.”
“No, what you need to do is learn how to bake and make him a hundred cakes, “said baker. “Then he will notice you and like you.”
“Not at all,” said cheer leader. “You just need to learn some good cheers and shout them nice and loud. Then he will notice you and like you.”
“I think he would notice you if you learned how to paint and painted portraits of yourself all around the garden,” said painter.
“Well, if you learned how to dance and danced all around him, he would notice you for sure,” said ballet dancer. “I am sure he would like you if you knew how to dance.”
The Princess looked so unhappy. “But I can’t do any of those things,” she sighed sadly.
Then the Little One walked up and climbed onto the Princess’ lap. “Princess,” she said. “You don’t need to be anything except what you are.”
“What do you mean?” asked the Princess.
“All you need to do is be yourself. You are a wonderful friend and he will like you just the way you are.”
“Thank you, Little One. I will go talk to him right now.”
And with that the Princess hurried out to the garden to talk to Eric. One by one the friends went to the window to watch. They each realized that maybe the Little One was right and all you had to be was yourself.