How’s Your Hair?

You think I’m joking?

There are good hair days and bad hair days and sometimes no hair days.

I was thinking about this because of a recent incident when I was dropping my daughter off at gymnastics.

I was purposely waiting to shower, put on makeup and do my hair so that it would be fresh to be photographed – for THIS Imprint business launch.

I should have worn a hat, but I pinned my hair back and, as a last salute to looking “presentable” (whatever that means), I grabbed a fake little ponytail to try to improve the general situation and look like I, at least, tried. I slapped it on and ran out the door.

After dropping off my daughter, I realized that I actually had to go inside to pay her gymnastics fees in person. So I trudged down the sidewalk, being trailed by an adorable little gymnast.

As I was approaching the door I felt kind of “airy”. I heard this little voice behind me, “…Uhhhh, you dropped something.”

I looked behind and, sure enough, there was my fake ponytail sprawled out pathetically on the sidewalk looking up at me, my sad stringy lopsided natural ponytail exposed.

Sad. Very sad.

“I sure did drop something! Thanks!” I said.

I picked up my rogue ponytail, slapped it on again and swung the door open.

I should have been mortified, but honestly it was the funniest thing I had seen in a long while. I couldn’t stop laughing as I related the sad incident to a rather receptive crowd. There I was – no makeup and really funky hair. Who knew what I looked like at that point, drawing a crowd as I regaled the whole incident.

And the point is….

How are you without your “hair and makeup”, ladies – or equivalent, men?

Can you be you “au naturel” and laugh at your own ridiculousness publicly?

As a man, can you stand alone or do your clothes have to “make you”?

It takes a secure person, who knows who they are, to be themselves and fall flat on their face and enjoy their own absurdity. A person, who is seriously secure, can afford not to take themselves so seriously.

I was not always this secure. As a matter of fact I was SO insecure, it was almost unbearable. But God really has done a massive work in me – THAT is freedom and I am so grateful!

We are all ridiculous at times, but if you know who you are, your own inherent dignity and worth, can carry you through so that humiliation and embarrassment do not have to get on the inside. I encourage you to do whatever you need to, in order to get to know and love yourself, so that you can laugh at the crazy things YOU do!

For help on finding out who you truly are, and loving the real you, be sure to check out my book, Marked by Love: Unveiling the Substance of Your True Identity.