Our crowning glory is less about hair & more about the choices we make!
A few years ago, I heard someone say a visit to the salon
didn’t count as a luxury. I think
they called it “basic maintenance.”
Not me, though. I treat a visit to the salon as if it were a
full-blown spa day (regardless of what I’m having done there!).
This evening, I am headed to the salon for a trim, wash, and
highlights. I schedule a trim at
every 5 to 6 weeks, and highlights at 6 to 8 weeks; depending on how things are
holding up (smile). Every now and
again, I’ll treat myself to a deep conditioning or some other type of
restorative hair treatment in between trims.
You see, it’s all in how I view things… I can choose to deem a visit to the
salon as “basic maintenance” or I can treat it like the wonderfully indulgent
experience that it is. I adore visiting with my talented stylist, and the salon I
patronize has the most relaxing, aesthetically-pleasing environment imaginable. It truly has “spa” written all over
it--figuratively. Having my hair
combed, touched and washed; well, it’s like a mini-scalp massage! I absolutely love it! And, sitting under a dryer with a good
magazine and a cup of tea…oh, my!
I have come to realize that it is my choice how I view each and every moment in my life. Clearing the dinner table, responding to business emails on the 9 to 5, waiting in line at the post office…these activities can easily be written off as “mundane.” They could also be treated as precious pockets of stillness, opportunities for me to savor divinely-present moments, or time for silent affirmation. It
is all up to me.
So, guess what I'm choosing? Yup, it's luxury for me...nothing less than luxury! ;) T.
