Mile 2: The Strange 'Part': Barber shop wisdom.

Yesterday I went over to the local barber shop for my bimonthly trim. One of the hardest questions posed to me is "how would you like your hair cut"? Throughout the year I've gone through many different styles. You can get a picture of how diverse my hair has been by looking through my Facebook photos. Here are a few pictures: (too bad I don't have photos of when I was young with a rat tail or steelers logo carved into the back of my head!)



Ever since I've had hair on my head, I've also had a killer calick (spelling). No matter how strong the hair gel is, my calick is always stronger. After 24 years of losing battles to the calick, I've finally found the winning strategy! Let the calick be a calick. After all these years of hiding my calick with a free buzz cut or super mega hold hair gel, I found the answer to be so simple. All I need to do is part my hair towards the left side of my head with just a tad of gel or spray.

Yesterday when I sat in the barbers chair and was asked the dreadful question once again, "How would you like your hair cut"? I told Janus, my barber, "after all these years I've figured out how my hair works". She then shared an amazing peice of wisdom with me that's applicable to life. (You know I'm always trying to slip some deep meaningful thought into each entry, here it is.) She said, "Well that's a sign of maturity, you've accepted your hair with it's calick for what it is and you can't fight it". What an amazing thought!

So today's metaphor is the calick. We all have them! Well, for sure I do. They're our natural gifts that we've had from birth (or have developed) that we constantly hide or fight. I encourage you to embrace your calick!