A Significant Moment

True story: One day, I went to a new salon to get my hair cut. The woman cutting my hair was pretty nice, sort of in a 'Latina grandma' kinda way.

Anyway, as she was wrapping up, she asked me how I wanted the back of my head to look. The bottom naturally formed a point, but she could cut it in it in a straight line. I didn't really care, so I randomly picked the straight line option.

She reccomended I go with my natural point, since it WAS natural. Also, she said it looked younger, and only old people had their hair cut straight in the back. I changed my mind and told her to keep the point, since like I said, I didn't really have a preference.

She liked that choice more, and as further encouragement, said: "We are young for a moment, and old for the rest of our lives. You'll have plenty of time to be old."

I thought that was pretty profound and interesting, and I made a mental note of it (I often write down interesting bits of conversations, as I read that was a good practice), and told myself to look it up later. It almost sounded like something the lady might have read somewhere, but when I looked it up, I couldn't find any results. Maybe it's just a common saying...

...or maybe that hairdresser just casually spoke a little bit of genius to me as she cut my hair to a point in the back.

I'm not sure, but the moment and the saying stuck with me.