Do you need a haircut???

I am not a hair stylist nor is this an advertisement for some salon but still this question has been troubling me a lot lately. Maybe something to do with my crazy ideas or could be a hidden connection or maybe just a fad i have developed due to being free and lazy now-a -days, and the question is -  Do I need a haircut ?

Why do I have such strong bonding with haircuts? I have no deep love for long hair, have always believed that hair are "ghar ke kheti...jab chaho bada lo and jab chahe kat lo". (Translation courtesy film Bol Bachchan - Hair are crop of the house, you can cut and grow them as it pleases you). And, somehow I see myself heading towards my favourite salon, each time I am looking for a change in life or planning to bring about a change in me or starting something new. I still remember the moment when my waist length hair got shortened to shoulder blade length in a razor cut style...that was the moment I felt free and better. Thus, in spite of all my resolutions, every time I go for a haircut, that now I will wait till they grow long....I start longing for the moment when scissors will touch them and reduce them to a length manageable by me.

Think about how many times we feel liberated after going for a haircut, with a new hairstyle, or a new highlight or just plain trimming. I have seen people going through personality change by changing their hair style. And why not? After all, hair is one of the most visible part of our body...errr I mean hair on the head. It changes people perceptions about you and even your perceptions about yourself, at times. Or to put it simply - it changes the way you look visible to even the most casual observer in the world.

The change it brings about me is not just physical but more of emotional - like letting go ... of split ends (relations and situations) that can't be repaired and putting in shape the rest of the hair(my life) so that the final result suits me, looks shiny and healthy and makes me feel good - that's what we all want from life. So going for a hair cut is more related to deeper aspects than just pleasing the lazy me with short hair.

So, next time you feel uneasy...ask yourself " Do I need a haircut?"

P.S : Lately I have been confused...Do I need a haircut or just  want to pamper myself with a hair spa???

As She Stumbled ... Again

Saw a little girl playing in the lane

Laughing aloud , she jumped again and again

Surrounded with friends, her hair all messed.

Suddenly, losing her balance, she

Stumbled and fell, on the ground.

She got up quickly, dusted her frock, 

Looked around with a big smile and jumped,

Laughter and joy, joined that group again.

But then, she lost her balance,

Stumbled and fell again.

It took some time and a little cajoling,

But she got up again, teary but smiling,

Slowly and steadily she joined the game again.

Maybe the ground was slippery or she was nervous,

She stumbled and fell again.

Would she get up? I watched

Would she cry? I feared

Would her friends help? I wondered

Would she jump again? I hoped

Would she laugh again? I prayed

Yes to all above, as I watched amazed,

All she needed was a little time,

and a lot of love and support,

But she got up again, smiled a little,

and joined her game...