Don't know why the photos are upside down but I can't fix them! Oh well. I've reached one year with dreadlocks and it was really anti-climactic. I thought it was going to be this great day that felt like an acccomplishment, but it was just another day. However, it DID coincide with a time of great changes. All within the same few weeks, I finished another semester of graduate school, I ended a very long-term relationship, I began moving out of my apartment, AND I am preparing to leave to study abroad and travel in Mexico for a few months. I am not sure how to interpret this one year reflection. I am no longer struggling to learn to care for my dreadlocks. They just kind of are what they are and I let them be. It is kind of like how my life is going. There are so many crazy changes but it is what it is and I am letting it be. I also feel I have entered a new phase in my life (with all the changes) which is sort of captured by the new annual cycle of my tree roots. My roots have grown stronger this past year. It is not time to grow them deeper into the Earth, into myself and around my home, family and friends. One thing I did notice was an occasional fleeting desire to comb them out because they were so radical and I often sensed or experienced external judgments. But then I would listen to my heart and remember that the Spiritual had called me to this lifestyle... to a lifestyle of acceptance and radicalism and nature and non-judgement. I remembered that dreadlocks were a reminder of ancient human nature and took refuge in that warm, comforting feeling provided by divine grace. Thus, I will continue my journey and see what else my tree roots can teach me. On to two years. |
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AuthorLaurie is a Social Work student from Chicago, Il. She enjoys books, dancing, yoga, art, vinyl, nature, travel, cats, astrology. Archives
December 2015
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