Hair Today...Gone Tomorrow!

Today is November 26, 2014...17 days from my 50th birthday on December 12th.    I ran into a high school classmate a few months ago, that I hadn't seen in at least 15 years.  We gave each other "the glance" and then realized where our pasts and paths had crossed.  She said,   "I didn't recognize you immediately, because you look different.  Your hair is much shorter than I remember."   Hey, I could have said that I didn't recognize her because of a few (ok, more than a few) new pounds...thankfully, I always feel before I speak.   Ok, I must admit, just 10 years ago, that hair comment would have bothered me.  Let me take you back.  I have always been known for my hair.  Ok, the picture on the left doesn't do my hair justice...I am not bald.  I keep it closed cropped for that professional speaker look!   I have grown past being self-conscious and now confident in how I am and who I am.  That was a process of change and evolution.  The catalyst for change may have been the changes in my outward appearance but it manifested as an inward development.    I am proud to say, I am comfortable in my own skin.   Back to my chance meeting with my high school friend.  After about 15 minutes of catching up, she hugged me warmly and said,   "You know, you haven't changed a bit."   That is what is true about life.  What she may have noticed was the hair (or lack of it) but what she really remembered was what was just under it (my brain) and the things that came out just 5 inches below (my mouth) which was governed by what was happening 18 inches below...in my heart.   Those are the things that don't change much and are our engrafted personality.  That is how a long lost friend will know it is you, because 20 years from now, you will not look the same...   Hair today...gone tomorrow.   Here I am down through the years...