Saturday, August 09, 2008

i'll take 'things i believe' for $500, alex

here is something i believe. really believe. and it may surprise you, but i've seen too much evidence of it, heard too many testimonies of it. you may find it surprising that i hold this belief so strongly - you might think it is counter to some of the other beliefs that form my inner life. you'd be wrong, of course, but i suppose it's your prerogative to think that. and here it is: there is something about a fabulous haircut that can change a woman's entire perspective.

does that seem shallow to you? tough. it's true. :) a really great haircut, the kind where you feel like your stylist 'found you' somehow underneath the outgrown, overgrown or out of date mop on your head, can transform a day, or a week, or an outlook. i used to work at a shop, and the difference between watching a woman, however confident, walk in, and then watching her walk out never ceased to make me smile. most often her shoulders were a little squarer, her smile a little freer, and her gait a little springier.

the desire for beauty is innate in the human heart - we seek from the smallest to the largest things: art, music, written and spoken words, parks & gardens, wildlife, decorating, little girls who paint their fingernails, the sweep of the rocky mountains in fall, fabulous shoes, snowflakes, even the perfection of a thought, idea or scientific formula. (hey, to each their own!) so it doesn't surprise me that having someone help you uncover a bit of your beauty is, even if only momentarily, transformational.

how much sweeter when it helps reflect the beauty of the inner woman - the heart, passion and life. strangely, i feel freer to be myself when i think i look like my true self...

maybe this has never happened to you, but there you have it. it won't change your life, but a great cut can be a lot more than just a cosmetic fix. trust me.

4 comments:

Annie said...

I agree whole-heartedly and speak from experience! And yes, your hair looks MAHvelous!! :0)

Marilyn said...

I have no idea if what you believe is universally truth, but I love how you frame your thoughts. You holding fast today? Now we count down in days instead of weeks.

Heather said...

....and... an accidental mullet can cause deep, deep depression.

haha.

I don't remember asking my stylist for "the bon jovi", but i got it once.

Cin cin said...

transformational until I wash my hair and try to do the same thing myself...my stylist is some kind of supreme magical fairy that can do things with my hair which I have yet to discover...