A Note to Strong Women: From Me to You & (for Men Who Stand By Us)

🌸🌸 A mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife, a homemaker, a working woman, a career woman, a caregiver. All of it we are proud to be.

🌸🌸 Adorning the many hats we adeptly wear that define the entire spectrum of our life.

🌸🌸 Yet for everything we do, we are labeled and called names.

🌸🌸 A man in charge is a ‘BOSS’, yet a woman is ‘BOSSY’. A male when he makes his point is ‘PERSUASIVE’, a female, however, becomes ‘PUSHY’. At home, a man working into the wee hours is ‘DEDICATED’, but a woman doing the same ‘NEGLECTS’ her home. A well-groomed man is seen as ‘SMART’, a well-turned-out woman is deemed ‘VAIN’, and should that woman make a little more effort, she’s clearly a ‘SHOW OFF’. A man who speaks firmly is ‘ASSERTIVE’, but a woman becomes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ and it goes on…

🌸🌸 Our actions speak louder than our words and for everything we are condemned. So unfair these labels are. All they do is pull us down.

🌸🌸 But time has come not just to ignore the labels now.

🌸🌸Let’s break free from the constraints that labels impose.

🌸🌸Let them become our trophies that shine so bright.

🌸🌸 Our looks, our clothes, our hair or makeup reflect our true selves .

🌸🌸 Let’s stop being apologetic for who we are and what we do.

🌸🌸 Our choices, our voice, our opinion, and even how we speak and the stand we take is all that matters now.

🌸🌸 Let’s be proud of who we are and our unique identity 

🌸🌸 Remember lifelong we live with the person in the mirror and no one but ourselves can make us feel small.

🌸🌸Let’s love and accept ourselves for who and what we are.

🌸🌸No one  can hold us back in what we do . 

🌸🌸 Let’s move ahead to reclaim and strengthen ourselves  in the driver’s seat of our lives.

🌸🌸 Yes, we are strong women indeed and determined too. 

🌸🌸 Let’s stand out to achieve what others say we cannot ever dream to succeed.

🌸🌸 Never let any labels define our worth.

🌸🌸 Let’s recognize and celebrate that our true power lies in our authentic selves and capabilities.

🌸🌸 Be true to ourselves and to others.

🌸🌸 Let’s stand up for  ourselves and uplift each other, offering the support we all deserve.

“The strongest actions for a woman are to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could.” – Unknown

Best to you from me to you.