Empowered Woman Vs A Woman
You do not need to win the Oscars, to recognize your efforts and hard work.
Learn to celebrate the small winnings in life, even the tiniest ones that you may feel are insignificant. Learn to celebrate YOU even if you are celebrating on your own. Self-love begins with you before anyone else can see it. Self-love is when you can enjoy your own company and not need endorsements from others.
Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live, yet he lived for 7 more years. He said, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,†at his famous commencement speech at Stanford in 2005. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
We hear the words self-love, and think getting our hair and nails done is part of self-love. That is self-care. However, for those who have experienced any kind of trauma, as a child or an adult, learning to love yourself is not as easy as it sounds.
Self-love means when you appreciate yourself, and understand your own value. Loving yourself means accepting your strengths and your weaknesses.
Self-love is when you are willing to take the risk to walk away from toxicity and toxic people even if that may affect your social calendar.
Self-love is when you stand up for yourself and others around you, instead of living in fear of what others may think of you OR simply following others, regardless of the consequences.
Self-love is when you have the guts to say “NO†to dishonest people including yourself when you cross those toxic boundaries and follow nastiness.
Self-love is NOT being absorbed posting videos of yourself with friends, and then gossip about them after they leave and vice versa. Self-love does not need to be exhibited or proven.
Self-love is when you have the guts to walk away from relationship where you feel insecure or relationships that are emotionally and physically draining, be it a romantic partner or a friend(s).
Self-love is when you are proud of being an individual even if it does not conform with your social circle and are able to stand up for yourself without fear.
There are too many women who are self- absorbed in themselves and think that is self-love. Self-love is when you heal privately and place your mental health as a priority.
Once you are able to self-love, you are then a truly empowered woman.
Once you are able to wake up in the morning and not need someone to make you feel special, you are then a truly empowered woman.
Once you are able to be compassionate and stand up for what is morally right, without the fear of others, you are a truly empowered woman.
Once you have the guts to call out someone for their actions and stand up for those who need help, you are truly an empowered woman.
Until then, you are simply a woman like everyone else.
Ask yourself who is currently influencing your actions and purpose? If it is not your voice then you need self-love.
