Which one are you?

This illustration, and it's dire warning, remind me of one of my favorite children's: Jane Langton's  The Diamond in the Window.  In one chapter while on a metaphysical plane the two youngster Eddie & Eleanor Hall are able to see themselves going forward in life having succumbed to a few incidents of vanity and stubbornness.  Having pursued the images of what would become of them behaving as such, by following the images present into what their future selves would look like, they then find that getting back to their original selves increasingly hard.



The book characters and story have always stayed with me.  I highly recommend it.