Hey Beautiful!
Today has been dedicated to recognize the achievements of women and the continuing work of equality, but I would also like to bring it down to a more personal level as well reflecting on the women in our lives and our own personal relationships we have with both them and the one we have with ourselves. Let’s be perfectly honest that a number of our own female relationships make us feel judged in various aspects of our lives and take a moment to think about that. I’m sure we are all guilty of it somewhere, no matter how well meaning our intentions are intended. On this fabulous journey we are each taking to achieve in finding ourselves to be stronger, we are sometimes forgetting that our own opinions on “how-to” accomplish something may only pertain to our own growth. We are sometimes taking the tables of a situation and turning it from judging someone or something to judging something else without even realizing it. So on a day meant to unite women, think about what you can do to build a better bridge bonding your female relationships and encouraging the women in your life to be stronger in their own. What do they REALLY need from you? Don’t tell a person what to do, but encourage them to search out their own answers because that is where they will find their own strength and truth. That doesn’t mean not to share your thoughts, but to be aware to do it in a more loving way that allows you to hear what that person is in search of and not what you think the answer should be.
There is a magnificent beauty that comes with female bonding and there is a richness you gain from that closeness. Today is the day to celebrate it!! Maybe do it by asking the deeper questions and having the meaningful conversations but respect the answers even if they are not the ones you want to hear, because quite honestly they don’t need to be. Celebrate in one another’s choices in finding more meaning in life and encourage that path to continue with offering your love, because an enormous amount of strength can be found in happiness and isn’t that what you want for those you care for most? And remember, sometimes it takes a hell of a lot courage to be brave enough to change the things that will make you stronger. Make sure you have selected the women surrounding you to be the support system you need to cheer on your choices and to recognize your goals and achievements in creating a better you. Your voice matters. It matters starting from the smallest voice inside your own head encouraging you to make that first step to the loudest voice yelling out into the world and demanding to be heard. Own It! Because once you are able to honor your own words to yourself, that’s when you can really give voice to those women who have not found theirs yet and need you to show them how to gain their own power. How to find their own truth. How to own their own voice. And that’s truly the beauty of women uniting.
Happy International Women’s Day Beautiful! Go change the world!