Love and Listening

On a regular basis, I normally find myself up late at night, fumbling round on social media and grasping for something to take my mind to a place it hasn’t been all day. A normal day for me is typically consumed with mirrors, brushes, mousse, scissors and hair. Its refreshing to skim through Pintrest or Etsy to focus on other things I love just as much as mylove for hair. I don’t think life will ever not be about hair for me though. I often find a way back to skimming through some of the hottest hair trends on Pintrest, or notice a celebrity’s new do, really without even trying.

Tonight I had a realization. I realized that I am so blessed to have the opportunity to talk about what I do proudly, yet in humility. How great it is that my job is more then a job for me, its a passion. It does consume my mind, my time and my life, but I don’t really mind it. I have a job that is driven by the desire of creating something beautiful on someone beautiful to make them feel incredible. I am thankful people even ask how I am doing, how business is going. A lot of people in my life genuinely care about how things in my life are going, and I am thankful for that. After all, this is the world around me that I have created, and I am very happy inside of it.

As I work behind the chair this week, I would like to be more intentional about listening, truly listening. I’d love to be fully present with each and every person in every conversation that happens, whether its someone in my chair, or an employee at work, or the UPS man dropping off our latest order of color. Our time is short and our mission is simple. People want to be loved, appreciated, encouraged, heard, a part of something bigger then themselves. I am called to make people feel like this, in every walk of their life. We may in one way or another be called to this difficult task, So I challenge you to attempt this one out with me. This week I am going to try to live it out. Please have grace on me when I fall short of my goal, and help me make a new goal when I meet this one. Have grace on yourself, and strive what you can do to be the change you want to see.