Thank you Paul....I think no one said it better than Dr. Wayne W. Dyer...(another SLY guy)
"There is no way to happiness........happiness IS the way"
You asked for my opinion, and I'll give it. That pic with you and the bald head and the beard is freakin' sweet. I wish I could rock the combo as well as you can.
But as it has already been said, you need to do what makes you happy, not what makes other people happy.
You know you could grow out a wicked long goatee and braid it and put beads in it. That would be sick.
Honest answer: with hair.