This is a REALLY good, thought-provoking thread.
JDub and AvaSpeaks, your thoughts and frustrations are reasonable and valid. I, for one, think the differences and difficulties you speak of
actually exist. What may be getting missed is the fact that these differences are few drops in an ocean of versatility.
It is easy to complain about extra effort to care for kinky hair, but there are many traits that we were never permitted to choose: height, gene pool, eye color, bone structure, etc. To say that others have an easier time with hair is to ignore that they have a more difficult time with so many other things that
you have easier. They may lament having to use self-tanners and risk skin cancer to achieve your toasty hue. It is just one of the many weights that create the balance we live with.
IMO, God gives us things we do not always appreciate to instill in us the ability to accept that which we cannot change. People have always wanted--and will always want--to alter something about themselves, but the proof is in the code. Your genetic code--your DNA--will always reveal who you really are, whether you accept it or not. So you can make peace with what God offers and see how easy things are when you let him handle "his business", or you can meddle with it and frustrate yourself
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When we're ready to be thankful, I believe, he'll be there to show us how good things can really be.
Excellent responses on this thread. It's great to see so many different angles. Nappity4b! <wags finger> somehow I knew I liked you.