How do you make a big change with a small action?

Cutting of hair is a big physical change that is usually triggered from the inside. The sudden fear that you feel as the stylist holds the scissors close to your hair.
You know you want it but you are not sure you should. You do not think that you are ready for it. A part of you still wants to hold on to the hair because you are very scared of uncertainty. "what if it doesn't come out right" you think. "what if it doesn't fit you?" after-all  the devil you know is better than the angel you do not know.
You want to be relieved of the hair, you crave for a new look because your subconscious knows that the hair symbolizes something(s) within you. Something(s) that needs to go. You yearn to be set free. To start over.

The old hair is probably dried of nutrients, so unhealthy, thin tips and continuous breakage. The old hair is dragging the new ones. As long as you still have the hair on, you will never achieve that healthy, gorgeous hair that you have always admired.
Maybe you grew the hair a particular way because of someone or something that you have always wanted to impress.
You want to rebel
You want to hide or change your identity
You have probably always admired the short hair look but never had the courage to try it on.

As the stylist's scissors moves closer to your hair, you scream "stop" and take a very deep look at the mirror. Your eyes stare back at you, scared as hell but happy. Because you know it is time for a new phase.
You have to start with the simplest and fastest, cutting your hair.
The hair cut will not make everything in your life alright but it is a proof to yourself, a stepping stone to the change that you want. A boost. An assurance that you can remove what you do not want in your life. Nobody cuts off what they are proud of.
So you sigh and tell yourself, "this is what i want".
"I want it this length..." you tell the stylist. You call the shots now, you are responsible for your decisions. You know there is a probability that the stylist will make a mistake, so you are prepared. You will cooperate to make sure he doesn't but if he does you will find a way around it. Because you chose to cut your hair that day, at that time, in that salon, with that stylist.
And if he makes a mistake, the most important thing would be that you took the big step, you did something.
The next thing would be to either coach the stylist or get another stylist that can give you the look that you want.
You do not feel like a victim or a puppet in your life any more. You do not care about what Mrs. Grundy has to say.

The sad thing about change is that it is a two way thing. Sometimes it is for the positive and other other times it is for the negative.

May our values lead us right as we continue on the self discovering and self creating process. PEACE.