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<\/a><\/p>\nA woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.\u00a0 ~Arnold Haultain<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve done my share of sighing for some of the women around me.\u00a0 They struggle with things most can\u2019t imagine, yet they go to work each day.\u00a0 They are giving birth and mourning parents.\u00a0 They are holding their breath waiting for test results and jumping for joy when results come back negative.\u00a0 Funny how that word negative can bend in both directions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Women are making their way in the world around and about and because of and in spite of any number of circumstances because they are made of something bigger than themselves.\u00a0 I consider myself a woman of substance and circumstance and I know many like me.\u00a0 We stand beside one another and tend, feed, nurse, educate, monitor, walk with, cry with, hold each other\u2019s hands and hearts at a moment\u2019s notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are also women and girls that lack substance not yet having acquired a laundry list of circumstances from which to draw.\u00a0 How can we show them without preaching, disrespecting or belittling? \u00a0How can we keep watch over them yet not interfere in the circumstances that are so essential to growth and wisdom? How can we live our lives successfully so that we become contagious to those around us who will be left to carry on?\u00a0 What will our\/my legacy be to women yet to develop and thrive?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fact is I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 My gift to myself was to set my sights on crawling.\u00a0 Many have watched me crawl and struggle toward walking, standing just to the side in case.\u00a0 Then walking, more confidence, less anxiety, more happiness, less profound sadness, more quiet, less chaos.\u00a0 More me, less everyone else but never abandon my love of others and lose focus on my authenticity.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
My gift to others will be to finally soar.\u00a0 In the hopes that each one will take from me and my journey what might work for them.\u00a0 To recognize my circumstances are mine but that they will indeed have theirs too.\u00a0 To understand that substance comes in time but is based in genuine living and service to others.\u00a0 All this without losing oneself.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
My hope for the women in my life on this International Women\u2019s Day is that their sighs are replaced with exhales and that their circumstances are manageable and that their substance comes fast and easy through a life of authenticity and joy.\u00a0 That they know they are worthy just the way they are and that their voice is always heard.\u00a0 These are lofty hopes but I know like I know my women deserve nothing less.\u00a0 Celebrate yourselves today and all your women will learn from you too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.\u00a0 ~Arnold Haultain I\u2019ve done my share of sighing for some of the women around me.\u00a0 They struggle with things most can\u2019t imagine, … Continue reading ![\"intl](\"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/intl-womens-day-3.jpg\")
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