GET
THE HAIR OUT OF YOUR DRAIN!!!
…“Get the hair out of your
drain”?????
Girl, WHERE is this going???
For
some of you…all you needed to read was “Get the hair out of your drain” and
that was enough…
It spoke to you (Mmmhmm)!!!
BUT…
For
the curious, join me on this possibly quick journey…
(I can’t make any promises)…
Some GYC Pre-SideNote Rant-like
Commentary
Hair
grows from you. It falls out daily… for some of us it’s natural and we’re not
balding, we don’t lose sleep over it but when it clogs our drain, it forces us
to stand in dirt (and whatever else you’re washing off…that’s your business)…
because of something we let go of…
It
forces us to deal with something we already thought we dealt with…
So…I saw this quote on Facebook or Pinterest
(I can’t remember) but its substance
is extremely powerful, “if you let it go, where did it go?” As in… Could you
possibly be standing in its influence, did you tell yourself you let it go but
you’re really hoping it never left, and/or you’re not sure if you really let it go because you didn’t
know the truth of the situation, or you’re like me…and you just didn’t want to
be honest?
Alright, let’s start from
the beginning…
You
washed your hair…your drain gets clogged…and now you’re standing in the dirt
that you just washed off…because of something you let go of…
You follow? Okay.
…
If you’re wondering where
this post came from…
I was in the shower washing my hair, and
trying to make sure my hair didn’t clog the drain…
And
I started to think…
How much stuff have we 'washed' off or out but are
still standing in its influence?
This is starting to sound a little like “Funky
Guests Make Your Whole House Funky” Right?? But it’s not (I think? …This is
possibly a different level).
………………………..
GYC SideNote: Sometimes
I just laugh at the moments the shower creates because some of those
moments/thoughts get real deep…yep (or at least I think they do...)!
Anyway…
“It’s nothing
like standing in the shower with a clogged drain. Everything gets clean but
your feet.”-Life,
GYC
If
you can relate,
Well…
Let’s get the hair out of
our drain!!!
Yep…another reality check post for me this 2014…
1.
To clean is to recognize the
need. In order to get the hair out of your drain…there has to be hair in it!
We wash our hair for many reasons… But before we decide to wash our
hair, we’ve recognized at least one of our many reasons as a need that needs to
be fulfilled/achieved/taken care of/you get the picture...
Then we wash
our hair.
Basically…
+Recognize the need
+Approach the need
+Realize the
solution
+Live the solution
The thing is…sometimes when we recognize
the need it doesn’t help us process and fully understand the solution. Or the
solution we find…only provides temporarily for the need, which is where the
clogged drain comes in.
When
life moves forward don’t let the past haunt.
GYC Personal Commentary…not
story
There
definitely have been moments in my life recently and of the past that I thought
I let go of something…only later to realize that I am still standing in its
influence, and now, realizing why I wasn’t REALLY able to let it go… Confronting that part of me began to show
the steps I need to take for growth in that area.
It’s
great when we can recognize our needs and even more when we are able to take
the next step, realize and live the solution.
For
me, I needed to “let it go” for that moment since I wasn’t ready to be honest
because I didn’t know the honesty of the situation, nor did I care to know.
However, since I’ve decided to be in a state of substance
and ditch surface only, I’ve started to distinguish the difference of
standing in an influence that made me bitter and standing in an influence that
made me better. One tracks mud and the other leaves a legacy.
Get
the Hair Out Your Drain! And keep it out!!
2.
After you’ve washed your
hair… take what came out and decide where it needs to go. If it goes down that
drain…it will surely build up and cause you to stand in what you
“think/thought” you let go of…
Give that “hair” a burial
that can’t be dug up.
Distance your thoughts of the past with a fresh
perspective that serves you…
“You ever ask
someone to take their shoes off…only to find that their feet or socks are
dirty? I don’t have a point to make…I’m just throwing that out there.”
Get
the Hair Out Your Drain!
2a. Let your hair dry. Clear your head.
Our drain gets clogged because we’ve only let go of the surface, we’ve
cutoff contact with the person or thing but we’re still allowing it to occupy
our thoughts like “it” never left. You know…refusing to be honest about why we
let it go and who we’ve become because of its presence and absence in our life.
Allow your thoughts to serve you beauty instead of misery.
Get
the Hair Out Your Drain!
3.
Put a mask on (I like a nice moisture mask...) and relax.
Breathe in. Breathe out. And allow the present to
live and the future to be born.
It’s always important to remember that you’re still
standing.
Remember that when you think about looking back with a negative view.
Before
I sign off, go to the nearest mirror, look at it and say it with me…
GIRL!!! “Get the hair out of
your drain”
And whatever else is in your
mirror conversation…
“There is no need to allow the past to hold up your present…let’s push forward with understanding.”
Those
steps above are currently on repeat in my life…you know for sanity reasons…
Defeating
Crazy With Courage,
Lauren
Alicia
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