I've recently been thinking about gray hair. I know that may be weird because I'll only be 25 in a few days, but the thought of being half way to fifty and life speeding up has a way of doing that to me.
"You'll be a quarter century old," my husband commented. Now usually this would warrant a jab in the ribs, but my thoughts lately have changed on how I think about gray hair.
Our culture seems to pursue 'youthful vibrance' at no expense spared. Just on covering gray hair alone, if you spend $50 in a salon once a month that's $600 a year! For how many years? 30? 40+? But why? Why can't gray be beautiful too?
Now the best selling book in the world actually has something to say about gray hair! Isn't that wonderful!
Proverbs 16:31 ~ Gray hair is a crown of splendor...
Somewhere around 700 BC when Proverbs was written, gray hair was a bragging right and everyone wanted it. So what changed? Haha, artificial hair color was invented. I knew that, but what I'm getting at is an attitude change. Gray hair in North American culture says 'old', but does it really or is it just our perception of the culture? Gray hair should show maturity and wisdom! And that's a good thing! So why cover it up?
I've been mulling on the idea for a few days now and researching other sites and dare I say that I've come to the conclusion that gray hair is even a gift. Wisdom is beautiful. You as a woman are beautiful. Your hair is just an accent to your beauty; it is a crown of splendor!
Some sites I visited that you may find interesting:
Gray Revolution
7 Tricks for Growing Out Gray
Pinterest - Silver Haired Beauties
I'm interested in your thoughts on this. If you don't have gray hair, would you change it if you did? If you do have gray hair and don't love it, how come? If you have gray hair and love it, share your thoughts!
And for fun, how many celebrities with gray hair can you name without googling it? :)
2 comments:
Interesting! Here in my thirty... mumble into hand covering mouth... I wonder too, will I dye?
I'd like to think no.
But I wear make up. More than I did a couple of years ago. I think of it as dressing up to go out.
I think of the way people treat me differently when I 'dress up' and when I don't.
Would I be willing to be treated differently just to save the expense of hair dye? Is it a big deal to use cultural norms to my advantage?
I don't know. Guess we'll find out when the gray finds me.
Hmm, interesting that people treat us different when 'dressed up' or not. I wonder if gray hair is similar. The blogger with the tips for growing out gray is 30 something and has a full head of silver hair that she's embraced. She finds that she does get a lot more attention with gray hair, but her experience has been mostly positive. If that's any comfort, it is to me :D
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