A Special Dream (Ⅱ)

8 A Special Dream (II) When Nancy registered to train as a hairdresser, she was determined to be the best hairdresser in town. After all, she wanted to live her dream, and there was no way she could do that half-heartedly. She attended class with students half her age. In one way, she was the same as everyone else. She sat in the class, listened to instructors and practised the basic skills. But, Nancy was not quite the same as the others. Each day, she was the first to arrive and the last to leave. At first, she was overwhelmed by the numerous haircut styles, hair treatment methods and tools. She had to master a lot of physics and chemistry. She even had to learn about biology! Nancy absorbed everything like a sponge during this six-month training. At the end of the class, she became one of the few all-star hairdressers, an award given only to the best students.

Nancy graduated from her training course and landed her first job in a salon that belonged to the school owner. Customers paid half the regular price because most of the hairdressers were new grads and most of the customers were seniors. Nancy wanted to do a good job. She said she would be happy only when all her customers were satisfied. Being a hairdresser was not as easy as she thought. Standing for seven or eight hours every day was both a physical, and a mental challenge. Think about it. You have to stand all day, and you have to lift your arms that long too. At her age, the challenge was tremendous. The first day after work, Nancy went straight to bed for an hour. She was exhausted. Her day was really long and tiring. However, when she thought of the smiles on her customers' faces, she knew she had made the right decision. A year later, she moved to a professional hair studio, and her loyal customers followed her. They said that Nancy was doing haircuts with her heart, not just with her hands. She was the most popular hairdresser in the city. It just goes to show that it's never too late to start living your dreams.