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    Home » Self-Care

    I Am My Wild Hair

    Published: Apr 26, 2016 · Updated: Dec 16, 2017 by Jessica Dimas · 9 Comments · Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I’ll earn a commission, at no additional cost to you.

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    Authentic self-love: what wild part of you are you taming down?

     

    wild is her favorite color

    Lately I've been craving something more
    something authentic and pure
    Something I've known before

    The homes and people on Pinterest
    leave me feeling empty on the inside
    This perfection is glorified,
    but on the mind and body
    it's as dangerous as pesticide

    White everything. Perfect lines.
    Tidy rooms. Tidy lives.
    Where are all the grooves and edges.
    I want to see real things that are
    sacred and precious

    I'm tired of masking who I really am
    Afraid of what they'll think
    I'm unadulterated and complex
    I want to chew on the meat

    I've straightened my hair for years
    But every chance it gets
    it goes back to its roots.
    Wild. Untamable. Breaking all the rules.

    I want to be like my hair.
    I want to go my own way.
    I want to come home
    I want to step fully into my own

    I want to see you too
    What do you look like
    When your heart is beating with passion
    When you know your worth
    When all that you really are
    Isn't diluted and deduced down to a fraction

    You are more
    than a perfect image on Instagram
    You are deeper and juicier,
    than those perfectly placed pictures
    You are above perfection
    A holy and divine connection

    Let's shake out our wild hair
    Let's chase our true joy
    Let's love who we are
    Hand in hand
    Let's run towards our north stars

    Remember the wild girl
    that lives within you
    the one who breathes authenticity
    who lives intentionally
    who loves what she is unapologetically

    She's still there.
    Come home.

    – Jessica


    Jessica Dimas is the author of Sacred Self-Care for the Highly Sensitive Mom. Connect with her on Facebook and Instagram for more self-care inspiration.

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    About Jessica Dimas

    I'm an advocate for self-love, discovery, and looking up at the stars to remember how vast it all is. I believe in the power of your mind, the power of self-care and the power of believing in the unseen. There is so much more to the story that we are just beginning to understand.

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    1. Jennifer Castaneda

      April 26, 2016 at 12:53 pm

      Just beautiful Jessica!

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      • Jessica Dimas

        April 26, 2016 at 8:40 pm

        Thank you Jennifer!

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    2. Chelsea @ Life With My Littles

      April 26, 2016 at 7:42 pm

      Love this! You are such a talented writer! Thanks for sharing and encouraging us all to be true to who we really are instead of what others want us to be!

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      • Jessica Dimas

        April 26, 2016 at 8:41 pm

        Thank you Chelsea for always being so supportive and encouraging me <3

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    3. Manda

      August 30, 2016 at 8:14 pm

      I love this poem because I feel so connected to it. The need for perfection but the dying urge to just live wild and free. Thanks for sharing! I'm so happy I stumbled upon this today!

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      • Jessica Dimas

        September 08, 2016 at 5:33 am

        Thank you Manda! And yes, that was exactly my feeling while writing this. With Pinterest and Instagram there can be this sea of perfection and it just makes me crave authenticity.

        Reply
    4. Regina

      February 20, 2018 at 10:58 am

      Love this.
      Being imperfect is real. Perfect is not real.
      We need gentle reminders of this ... especially in these times. I wonder to what extent this affects our well being.

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      • Jessica Dimas

        February 26, 2018 at 11:54 pm

        Thank you Regina <3 Yeah I wonder the same thing!

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    5. Lawrence Kariuki

      September 01, 2019 at 11:30 am

      For many years this is what I have been waiting for

      Reply

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