I remember in the beginning of my hair journey I played it safe. My braid outs & twist outs needed to be neat, super defined, and most importantly they needed to be tamed. I was honestly afraid of what people would think of me, and didn't want to "scare" a lot of my ultra conservative friends. That surely isn't living for me, and I most certainly can't appreciate ME in all of my glory if I am constantly worrying about what others think. Not only was the decision to go "natural" a result of me wanting healthy hair, but it was also directly related to wanting complete and total perfect peace. I wanted to cease all feelings of insecurity, and be completely happy with myself as-is.
The more I started to accept WHO I was, the more liberated and free I became. Being liberated breeds happiness, it means an extinction of suffering, and desire, and replaces those feelings with that of contentment. I am no longer concerned with how people view me, you see I was created perfect as is. Those silly mores of beauty, and sex appeal mean nothing to me, as I was equipped with everything I could ever need at birth.
I love looking through inspiration pics of women who exude confidence, inner beauty and strength, and wanted to share those with you today.
[Pic Sources, I Love Being Black, Afroflower Universe, Color My Soul]
great post! i will be free (i know if) once i go back as a natural :) I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!!!
ReplyDeletethis is an awesome post!! so true..i wish everyone thought this way...
ReplyDeleteabsolutely wonderful. im at the beginning of transitioning right now and its tremendously hard. I understand how conditioned i've been to adore long straight hair that for a long time I did not see beauty in its absence. I think going natural will 1. save me money (ha) 2. allow me to be me and 3. thank God for what He gave me. in the meantime, I need all the inspiration and motivation I can find. So thank u tremendously for this post
ReplyDelete@sky Thank you! I do too
ReplyDelete@ErickaKayne Thank you very much for the love. Allowing yourself to just be free, uniquely you is a wonderful feeling. Transitioning is definitely hard, yet the changes your psyche goes through in relation to your thoughts about yourself outweigh the cons. I wish you the best of luck in your transition, and hope you pass that inspiration along to another :-) Like your blog by the way!
ReplyDeleteYou have inspired me to really get to know myself! I am just now at the stated of mind the I know I want to transition so hopefully I will find true beauty along the way !
ReplyDeleteomg i love the quote that you put as the title.Also i am in that same boat were i am constantly worried about what people think about me but since i am going natural i feel a bit free and liberated and not really caring about other people's opinions.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post! It describes where I am in life exactly. I had been concerned about "scaring" my coworkers, the customers, and even afraid of drawing too much attention to myself with BIG hair. But over the past couple of weeks I have noticed a change in attitude. One from being self conscious to an "i really don't care" attitude. And as a result I am rocking my funky big hair with my damaged ends just hanging lol
ReplyDeleteHappily Transitioning =]