Long Hair, Short Hair, Don't Care

Well, it's a new year and most of us are renewing our resolutions and instituting change in or lives in order to live better and look better. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in Molly Bawn, 1878. Those who know me best and see me often, know that I change my hairstyle and hair length all the time. In many of my younger years I feared what my hair said about me to others so I rarely changed my style (long + straight = safe). But as life lessons began to unfold, I realize that "I am not my hair!" India.Arie  http://youtu.be/MaWBkmFX3d8

 

We tell ourselves so many lies or maybe we believe too much of another's perception and allow ourselves to be stereotyped with opinions like...

You look like a boy with short hair.
Blondes have more fun!
Red heads have fiery tempers!
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her -Corinthians 11:15a

OH YES, we even quote Bible scripture to aide in our ideals about personal image. There are so many emotions behind our image adjustments, probably more than we're willing to admit. Who's business is it anyway? I'll tell you who's...YOURS! Do what you want with your hair and as often as you please. We shouldn't identify ourselves with our hair and instead accessories ourselves with (long) or without (short) hair.

Happy New Year,

Meek