Day at the Spa – Reality Check Time
Posted on 11. Jul, 2009 by Linda Lord in Blog, Character development
I love going to my stylist. I come out looking like a million bucks! She spends hours pampering me: feet, hands, and hair. I feel like a princess. And of course, what is to be done while having so much attention being spent on a person – conversation.
I have been my stylist’s client for a while and she has been mine. We talk about many things, but when I’m in her chair, she is my ‘coach’. I listen to her and heed her council. Today, however, our conversation made me uncomfortable. It was my turn to wiggle a little.
I have heard myself tell people in seminars how we teach others to treat us. Well I had that returned to me today as I was sharing a recent dilemma. I was reminded that situations do not appear over night and that people don’t act a certain way without permission – even if that permission is granted by omission.
It is timely, as I have been contemplating my life lately and how I got to where I am and if it is where I should be. Ironic, too, that I determined that my relationships are one of my core values. It would appear that I still have some work to do. I guess I am still a relationship work in progress.
I am grateful that my stylist cares enough about me to speak the truth; especially truth that I would prefer to ignore.
Oh and by the way – my hair looks great!
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