The Girl in the Painted Dress: An allegory for those who want to be free I Heather Plett

Once there was a girl in a velcro dress whose dress became so weighted down with all of the things other people stuck to it that she could barely move. One day, exhausted and frustrated from the gargantuan amount of effort that it took to move about in her life, she slipped out of the dress and found herself in a sad little heap underneath. The dress, stiff from all of the expectations and beliefs and baggage that everyone else had layered onto it and she’d picked up herself, stayed perfectly still, creating a tent above the girl. The girl loved how peaceful and quiet it was in that tent. Read more...