Transitioning

I had to have a hard talk with myself in regard to not coloring my hair anymore and leaving it go gray.

While my age tells me it’s time to let go of my vanity, my head says “I’m not there yet!” My hair stylist tells me I’m “in transition.”

The welcome outcome of finally making the decision to go gray is that it helps with not having to pay for the coloring service anymore, and I’ve had many people tell me they like my new look.

We’ve all heard the saying don’t judge a book by its cover, where you shouldn’t judge someone or something based only on what you see on the outside. This hit home with me as I hope people would judge me on my character and not my outward appearance — especially the gray hair.

This saying can be linked to the motoring public’s image of a tow operator. They might conclude that someone who wears dirty, unkempt work clothes and is unshaven is a shady character. What they don’t realize is that tow operator was given a call at two in the morning, didn’t have time to shave, and started out with a clean uniform, but then worked an incident scene of a jack-knifed tractor and trailer that was in a ditch filled with water and muck — and that was just the start of his day.

I think we are all in transition many times in our life, transitioning from one thing to the next either in action or state of being. Hopefully, people will not look at just our outward appearance, as we all know there is more to that hard-working tow operator. And there’s more to me than my transitioning to gray hair.