Patience for karma - Persian hair & balding bullies
A unexpected blog but the amount of “hahahahahaha” in response to something I posted today meant it deserved a permanent spot on the interwebs (here).
The sentiment and story is too good.
In primary school there was a boy in my grade who used to constantly call me ‘Iran Arms’ or mention my ‘Arab hair’ to everyone -referencing the darker hair on my arms and legs. It used to make me feel so ashamed and I would cry to my Mum to let me shave my legs.
By Year 7 I was allowed to get the Venus triple 3 pink razor and start chopping my legs to bits but until then, I endured 2 years of his bullshit derogatory comments. Ones that crushed me so deep I was embarrassed to be who I was… for DECADES later. Even into my 30s.
Whilst on Facebook over the weekend just gone he popped up on my recommended friends and whattaya bloody know:
The bozo is BALD.
And old. And haaaagggggerred.
Not - a - hair - in - sight - bald.
The “Aaaaagggghhhhhhh!!!” I let out was orgasmic. The karmic universe strikes again. She knows where to send the letters queen!!!
Since being a 12 year old, I had to do nothing but trot on forward with my living, thick Persian hair and all, trying my best to ignore his sentiment that what is part of my body is wrong. And that I should be embarrassed of where part of me comes from.
Have you seen the hair on my head and my thicker eyebrows? Ironically, when my hair is done properly and styled, it’s the most thing commented on regarding my appearance. It’s thick and strong. Like the women in my Persian & Turkish lineage.
Over time the karma lawds did their work and the very thing he ripped me down for, was now the exact thing that he has lost.
Baldness is sexy on everyone and anyone who isn’t racist, period. He deserved every follicle lost for what he said to me and many others in my class.
The lesson or thought is to:
let go when someone screws or rips you, focus on moving forwarding, ignoring their sentiment, allowing whatever you believe in (the universe is mine) to serve them their karma at whatever point is necessary.
If you believe this sentiment exists, then watch how people get served via the way they treat others. Whatever timeline that may be.
It’s out of your control that they are assholes, and in your control that you don’t have to listen to anything anyone says about you.
Patience for karma to do her thang!
With love, chaos, HAIR & rigatoni -
PM xx