Girl power

We live in a world where women are constantly having to prove their worth, their abilities, and their competence. Women are degraded by men, intentionally and unintentionally.  

I have four girls. I'm always worried about them and I tend to overthink how my husband and I should raise them. One thing I do know is what I want to teach them about being a woman.  I wanna teach them that it is great being a woman! I wanna teach them that there is power in being a woman. But not necessarily how most people see that power.  

Our womanly power doesn't come from being equal to men in strength and abilities. Our power comes from being different in our strengths and abilities!  How so???  We have the ability to empathize with people more often than men. I think this is my favorite attribute! Women are typically more sensitive than men. Not only do we feel for ourselves on a bad day, but we have the ability to feel for others when they are having a bad day as well. Men want to fix people or their problems because they (typically) don't know how to just be sad with someone.

We have the power to be with people in their pain.  If you haven't noticed by now, women are proven to be better at multi-tasking. Wanna hire someone who is more productive because they can do multiple tasks at once? Hire a woman! And don't just hire them for that reason alone. We are also better at making customers feel warm and welcome, which equates to people being more willing to buy from your company.  Oh and if you like being in this world, you can thank women! Because you know, we're the ones giving birth. You're welcome world!  These are just a few reasons why women are powerful.

There is power in being your best self rather than trying to be someone else. There is power in accepting your womanhood rather than trying to be equal to men. Fact is, we are different, but different is good! We are still equal in value. 

So girls, my sweet babies, be proud to be a woman! God made you strong inside and out! Don't forget, use those powers for good, always lifting others up instead of tearing other people down.