Confidence

The person who cuts your hair may be the truest friend you've got. Who else, save a bartender or preacher, would one confide so much in? Not even our mothers currently know us so well. The stylist hears the talk that neither spouses care nothing about, nor have anything more to say. There's more heart-felt, meaningful conversation takes place captive in the chair than ever occurs across a cafe table with coffee. Caressing the scalp, combing the hair relaxes the mind as well, opening up closed channels of communication. Why would one choose to Confess numerous lifelong insecurities and infidelities to another, whom you see but once a month on a regular basis and that is all? But be aware also of that other person's present personal (maybe insurmountable) situation he or she chooses to share confidentially...cautiously. Select words reveal hurt, betrayal, desperation--seeking solace in a two-way trust. Yet, it's in part for the one who grooms you, just a service dutifully performed and tipped, to listen to your story only and say something sound in return.