This is an email from Chicoro, Enjoy!
When it's Sunday night, and the clock is ticking toward 10:30 pm and I am only halfway done with my hair and my arms are tired, my mind is ripe. This is usually the time I start questioning whether or not I am a fool for doing all this for some hair.
"This is so stupid," I have thought to myself sucking my teeth and rolling my eyes at my bloodshot eyed image in the mirror. But, I have a choice. I can continue on my tirade or re-affirm what I am doing and why I am doing it and continue on my path.
Since I haven't cut off all my hair as of today, I usually take the path of affirmation. Having a toned body, a college degree or being good at your job or business does take time. Being a great partner, parent, sister or friend also takes time.
If you have ever been 'cussed out' by a family member or had a partner act a fool, I am sure you have questioned the time and effort you have put in with them as well.
Sometimes you may decide to release that person, that partner, that family member or that job. Many times you do not. Well, hair is not much different.
You have to determine what is important. You have to determine the value of your time, money and effort that you put into your hair.
For me, my hair represents something that I was told was a laughable impossibility. People look at me now and assume that my hair always was long and healthy. When I was growing it, there were many days when it looked bad. I can't tell you how many people told me that my hair would never grow down my back. Yet, I ignored them, stepped out on faith and stuck to it.
Later, I transferred that same success, that same process to other parts of my life. I sought out dream jobs and got them. I turned failing projects into glowing successes. I stayed in and worked on relationships that most people would have abandoned. I'm no martyr. I have been rewarded for my efforts.
My hair journey has been a beacon in the storm of life for me. It has served as a model for me to use and refer back to when I want to attempt the difficult if not the impossible. Although I may think doing my thing with my hair is ridiculous at times, in the end, what I know is that it has been worth every drop of sweat and every tear. I now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there isn't anything ridiculous about the effort, time and money I put in my hair. How about you? How are you feeling?
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Chicoro
