In honour of International Woman’s Day, let’s take a moment to shout out to all of those strong women out there, who lift each other up, take pleasure in the success of others, and rejoice at the strength that can be found in women supporting each other, helping each other, and holding us up when we fall. Where it seems all to common for jealousy, nastiness and pettiness to take the place of more admirable qualities, let us be the difference, let us celebrate each other and help each other up, rather than pushing each other down.
There does not seem to have been a time before when mental health was such a prevalent concern, maybe it always was, the struggles people face maybe just weren’t so visible, or the reporting less far reaching before the spread of the internet. But people suffer, and people fall and people face demons that we may never even know about. A recent suicide of a young woman in her 40’s with her whole world ahead of her, and seemingly a life to envy, led to words she had spoken being adopted as a phrase of hope, of warning and almost a plea to mankind, in a world where you can be anything, be kind. Be kind. Could there be a more appropriate catchphrase for what this world needs. Be kind. Do not be the person that has to push another down to climb up, or who takes pleasure, and gossips, in the despair of others. Let the untimely death of that young woman be a reminder to us all, words hurt, bullying hurts, unkindness hurts. In a world where you can be anything, be kind. If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.
So this is a shout out to all of those strong women out there, doing it for their families, for their friends, and for themselves. Be the best that you can be and I will dance in your light and sing to your success. I promise to pray that you reach your goals, to celebrate when you reach new heights, to be inspired by your good and to never put you down. I promise to be that woman who is proud of others and to simply be kind.
To all those strong women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. When we band together, when we don’t stand in each other’s way, when we lift each other up, let’s just see what we can achieve.
In a world when you can be anything, be kind.
To the warriors, the single parents, the bread winners, the home makers, the CEO’s, the fashionistas, the superheros, to us all, happy international woman’s day, I am proud to know you, and i hope to be you.
Princessluxlove xx