For that matter, am I brave?

People seem to think I am. But in all honesty I don't know that I'm any different from the next person who just doesn't let things stop them. Especially the things that may seem impossible from the onset.

Maybe it's Faith - Faith in the knowledge that things just have a way of working out in the end.

But, for all my seeming to be strong and comfortable in my skin, I do have a few concerns. One in particular is me trying to wrap my head around the fact that 1 person may find me special enough to romantically love me for who I am. That they will see the beauty INSIDE me rather than judge me from the outside. Isn't that the ultimate dilemma we all face to a certain degree? Even those who have hair and don't have total hair loss like me.

I try not to think too heavily about it because all those negative thoughts can give way to the voices I hear telling me that I'm not good enough as I am. I could even sit here and catalogue every little thing I hate about myself. But I heard the expression one time that to think about Oneself in that manner is just plain selfish to the extreme. I can understand that. This sentiment is why I choose to remain in service to others and concentrate on the things that do make me happy.

I recently started a list of every little thing that I DID like about myself. At the top was the fact that I now have GREAT HAIR! (LOL - It's a WIG and it's PERFECT HAIR!!) And I think I have nice, smiling eyes. Someone told me once that my laugh sounds as if I know a secret that I have yet to share with anyone else. Maybe I do.... (I say as I bat my eyelashes at you).

But I still come back to this question of dating and meeting people for romantic reasons. In the Bald World, for some people this can be a minefield rife with explosions waiting to happen. On this very website my fellow Bald & Beautiful people have thoroughly discussed 2 questions:

1.Do I post on dating services upfront that I am bald? (Thus potentially limiting the number of hits I may have had to begin with).
2.When do I tell a potential romantic interest that I'm bald if I haven't told them upfront? And what will happen when I tell them I have no hair?

Newly single, I have to tell you that this whole dating thing ALONE scares me. I never even stopped to contemplate this OTHER facet of the scene.

Maybe the best advice I have for myself is to just keep living life large and outloud as I have been doing. Besides, I've heard many times over that confidence is the greatest attraction between 2 people. I have enough faith to keep going forward, 1 step at a time as I have always done. Through this faith to keep walking on I will build confidence to not let life pass me by.

Then there's my well put-together wardrobe... And my AWESOME shoes....

Have an AMAZING day full of Rich Blessings!

Kim