Change #6: Haircut 

I promise that this is more than just a selfie post.

I was never too brave to try out a new hairstyle. As you can see, I actually got the same style I had around 2 years ago. I remember having it permanently curled about 3 years ago and that was already he wildest thing I’ve done to my hair.

I had my hair straightened recently and to my surprise, it became really dry and unhealthy. It’s so annoying. Every day was a bad hair day. It was terribly frizzy. I felt bad about it. I knew that I needed a haircut but I didn’t want to get one because I’ve waited for years for my hair to grow. I always wanted to have that super shiny and super long hair so I never really cut it. I would probably cut it just once a year. And just when I’m getting the length that I want, the ends of my hair.. died. A little bit exaggerated but you know, it looked awful and I knew it was very unhealthy. I knew I had to do something about it asap.

So yesterday, I fearlessly went to the salon to get a haircut and let go of my extremely treasured hair. I know it’s such a small thing but wait, I’m really trying to make something serious out of it. It’s coming, I promise.

There are things or even people in our lives that sometimes cause the dryness, unhealthiness, and frizziness in us. We’ve waited for a really long time and probably have them in our lives for the longest time, but they just don’t bring us any good anymore. We sometimes think we need them for us to feel good about ourselves. There’s nothing wrong with that but if you can see that they’re just making us look awful and somehow dead, let them go. Easier said than done, I know. But if we keep them around, what will happen to us? We may feel good about ourselves and think that it’s actually fine, but the dry and unhealthy and lifeless parts will always be there. They will eventually reveal themselves no matter what we try to do to cover them up.

Yes, I didn’t just let go of my hair yesterday. I had to let go a couple of desires, emotions, thoughts, habits, things, and people too. And yup, it’s hard. But greater is He that is in me. “Let go and let God.” Been seeing that around lately.

I feel really weird whenever I look in the mirror and realize that I already have short hair but it looks healthier this time and man, I feel so good about it. Letting go is a process. You will be reminded of what you let go of a lot of times, but if you’ll just focus on God and the reason why He asked you to do it, and if you trust Him enough that it will all work together for your good, you’ll surely find peace and joy in your decision.