Au Naturel...

My "aha moment" came on a trip to London. I saw all these great, short hairstyles and thought a great "souvenir" would be to get my hair cut while on vacation.  Much to my surprise and initial disappointment, the stylist said I already had a good cut and that I just needed a trim.  He brought out my natural curl that 1) I didn't realize I still had and 2) that I had been fighting all my life. You see, when I was little and as my hair grew, I graduated from resembling Bozo the Clown to Shirley Temple.  

My experience in the salon chair "across the pond" started my introspective juices flowing. Why do we always fight our natural assets versus embracing them?  We always want what we don't have and the grass is ALWAYS greener, especially when it comes to hairstyles and jean sizes. What we don't realize, regardless of which side of the flatiron we are on, is that rarely are we satisfied.  Our negative self-talk tends to operate in overdrive most of the time.  Fresh off of penning my 2014 resolutions, I am working on redirecting my thoughts to be more positive, and in the process, adopting a more accepting perspective...of others and in particularly of myself.

So, I came back from London sporting my natural curls in all of their wavy wonder and nowadays try to go "au naturel," per se, every chance I get.