My hairstyle taught me a valuable lesson!

Written by Netisha Alie 

So it was my birthday and I actually planned two years in advance that I was going to get this hair cut. To show just how serious I was, I googled my haircut then emailed it to myself just so I won't forget. Yea! I meant business. 

Nevertheless, between that two year gap I became a born again Christian and well, of course a few things changed. The scripture says in 1 Corinthians 11:15 "but if that a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as her covering" was repeated to me by others and well, being a woman of God means you simply have to abide by the things of God. So here I am between a rock and a hard place. Do I fulfill the desires of my flesh and cut my hair or should I obey His will. Of course God's way prevailed in the end despite my rebellious nature to simply have it my way. I mean it was my birthday and my hair, the one thing I could mess and have fun with. Nevertheless, the alternative I decided to take was to put a very short weave, glued on. There I had my short style and my hair was nice and safe underneath. Win win I believe. 

Photo by Netisha

However, the real Cinderella story was when I stepped out of the salon. Sure I received compliments by the passerby and nodded with gratitude. That was until I got to work the next day. Some of my students in shock by the drastic change began to laugh and make jokes that 'teacher had on a wig...' surely I wasn't the only person in the school wearing what looked like a wig that day but it was quite interesting to see. 

Some came to me to encourage, 'don't worry with them teacher...' I simply smiled and assured them that I am an adult and that it didn't really matter.  Then another teacher comes to ask for a picture  so that she could get  something similar. The excitement had died off in no time and the dust seem to have settled or did it? 

Later while talking to my niece I found out that she thought I looked like a 'granny' lol because you know, again it looks like a wig and I guess they still believe only 'grannies' wear wigs. After that moment I began to reflect on the whole 'ordeal.' Could it be that there was a lesson in all of this? Sure there was. You see people are going to always have comments, good or bad about the things your decide to do in this life, but what are you going to do about it? Will you stop to listen to every comment? Will you allow the comments to make you change your mind about what you feel comfortable about? Would you change you or the things you love because others believe it's 'not all that's or it's 'all that and a bag of chips?' 

Back view 

I think not! Well​ I didn't! You can't be happy when the good comments come then be sad or broken when the 'negatives' come. Never allow your emotions to get so dependent on the opinions of others but rather, be confident in the choices you make and stand by you no matter what others say because if you don't who will? :) 

I may have known this fact before but I must admit, My Hairstyle taught me that lesson with hands on experience. 

P.s I'm still rocking it and will rock it for as long as I desire.