{"id":232499,"date":"2014-01-14T22:52:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/14\/there-will-come-a-time-when-you-want-to-cut-off\/"},"modified":"2014-01-14T22:52:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T22:52:12","slug":"there-will-come-a-time-when-you-want-to-cut-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/14\/there-will-come-a-time-when-you-want-to-cut-off\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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There will come a time when you want to cut off all your hair. Do it. Realise that the thing you want rid of doesn\u2019t lie in the long curls that frame your face so perfectly. Live with short hair for a while. It\u2019ll grow. <\/p>\n

You won\u2019t always want to talk to people. That\u2019s okay. When it\u2019s late and you hear your friends talking in the next room, you don\u2019t have to join them. You\u2019re allowed your solitude. It makes company sweeter and it teaches you how to survive alone. You will need that skill. <\/p>\n

In the winter, you\u2019ll believe that nothing will ever grow again. You\u2019re wrong. Every year, London looks like it\u2019s on its last legs, wheezing through those last cold days in March. Every year, spring comes like an explosion and the city shakes off its sleep. <\/p>\n

Mundane problems will get the better of you sometimes. Don\u2019t worry. Try as you might, life cannot be an endless, beautiful, intense moment. Find comfort in money worries and late trains; they\u2019re a welcome rest in between heartbreaks and breakdowns. <\/p>\n

People will call you a cynic, a wry smile on their faces. Pay them no mind. You alone know that you are capable of a love greater than anything they can comprehend. You alone know that you are not willing to sell your identity and respect to the first smirking halfwit to pass by. It is not cynicism. It is reverence for your own vast and fathomless heart, and it makes sense only to love someone who understands that and is awed by it.<\/p>\n

You will not always get what you want when you want it. Accept it. Your goals are not set in stone and you are not on a fixed trajectory. Sometimes, life will take its time and you will have to play the long, interminable game. Play it well and with as much grace as you can muster. Live at your own pace. <\/p>\n

At night, you will occasionally wake up afraid, wanting to die. Don\u2019t give in. Night plays its tricks, but you are not so easily fooled. Your mind will play its tricks, too. It will make you believe that you\u2019re not who you are, but you must not give in. You take a breath and you tell yourself that you are here. That you always were.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Practical Advice for Difficult Women (#20 – 9th December)<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There will come a time when you want to cut off all your hair. Do it. Realise that the thing you want rid of doesn\u2019t lie in the long curls that frame your face so perfectly. Live with short hair for a while. It\u2019ll grow. You won\u2019t always want to talk to people. That\u2019s okay. … <\/p>\n

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