My daughter just sent me 50+ pictures she took of me, Susan and our grand daughter. As I was looking through them, the sad realization that I am really going bald is easy to see. It’s funny because when I look in the mirror, and brush my “hair” I see more than the camera shows. I see what I want to see. I look in the mirror and want to see a head full of hair, and even apply hair gel but in reality, there is not much to gel. I think from now on, I will use stronger gel to keep what little hair I do have from leaving. But it got me to thinking: Do I do that with other things? Do I only see what I want to see in my life, and in doing so, miss something that is real? Do I dismiss reality to cuddle up with my perceptions so I can feel good about myself, or someone, or something? Am I living in a false world of my own making? I know most people don’t get philosophical about hair loss, and even more don’t make my kind of application out of it, but I did…and do. I am not mourning the loss of my hair as much as I mourn the perception that kept me deceived. The deception that kept me believing in something that was not really there, and caused me to miss the truth. They say the camera doesn’t lie, but I can show you plenty of photoshopped pictures that lie, deceive and in their own way tell a story that is not accurate. So, let’s say the camera is accurate (Susan says it is)…and my perception is faulty, then I have to change the way I think about my head…my hair…my baldness…and life itself. Just kidding, it’s not really that profound of a thing. But, if I can allow my perception to be my reality with hair on my head, am I also allowing perception to drive belief? If there is a “camera” that can mirror the reality we need to see, then maybe we can see an accurate view of our lives, one that may be awesome, and at the same time flawed. I have found that “mirror” that accurately portray’s me, and my life. It is Scripture, and it does not lie. I can allow my perceptions to inform my reality all day long, and if it is not true, then I am deceived. If it is, then I can rest assured that I have both an accurate view of myself, and the areas that need work. Hair plugs, anyone?
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