Word prompt--REAL
Five minutes to free-write about it
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All I can think of right now is how upset I feel, and that I have no one but myself to blame.
One of my constant prayers is for the Lord to make me supersensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and most of the time I listen when I feel one, but yesterday I did not.
Yesterday I went for a much needed haurcut. I booked ahead online, and the person I really wanted to see did not have anything available. I didn't want to have to wait any longer as I had already put off getting the cut for way too long, so I booked with someone else.
It was someone I had wanted to try because of the good reviews I'd read about him--including one about a mom who had brought in her daughter who was really upset with the haircut she had gotten, and how he had been able to fix it for her and make it look real good.
As I was filling out the form, I felt a check in my spirit, but I did not listen. I did not believe it could be real. Why would it be, when I had really wanted to try him before, but back then he wasn't available, and now he was?
When I got to my appointment, I explained what I wished my ideal haircut could look like, but also that I realized it was not possible because of all the cowlicks I have. So just the best he could do without leaving me with cowlicks sticking up on my head.
I also requested that it would be something I could just wash and let dry without having to do any styling.
The end result was a real delight. It looked beautiful and too good to be true. He had been able to achieve a look that no other stylist had been able to do. When my daughter came over for lunch, she too said how good it looked. But would it be real?
I was starting to have some faint misgivings. To me, the proof of a good harcut is what it looks like in the morning after I have slept on it. That's when I can really see if it is real or not.
Well, alas, as the picture shows, it was not real at all. What was real, was the check in my spirit prompting me not to make the appointment with him, and to wait until I could get one with the other stylist.
Lesson learned the hard way.
Oh yikes! Here is something I do to fix this problem. I just wet my hair or brush it with a hairbrush I've put under running water. Once it dries, it stays the way you have put it, and it doesn't take long to dry.
ReplyDeleteDear friend, I am so sorry this happened to you! I feel your pain, because I think this has most likely happened at least once to each and every one of us. Perhaps not this exact thing, but definitely a haircut, dye, whatever, that we are not happy with.
ReplyDeleteI use conditioner after I shampoo my hair and this definitely keeps it smoother, without static.
However, it seems that Ginny has a very good tip that may help you, and I think she is more experienced in this than I.
I wish you all the best!