In recent years I have been hearing a lot about Feminine Empowerment. Well, I think that it is not something that you can “approach” shallowly because I believe it is a subject as intense, deep and diverse like we women are.
To approach this issue, you must be fully aware of the woman: her most intimate thoughts, wounds, truths and lies, what she says, what she hides; the reason for her pain, sadness, fear, failure or success, why she cries in the middle of a meditation session, her laughter… a woman´s actions always have a reason, an explanation even if it seems illogical, irrational and melodramatic.
Empowerment is not taking possession of everything that surrounds us, it is rather being aware of the power that we all have inside and work on it for it to become “sustainable”. To do this, we must work our own magic, I mean; the gift, the talent, the emotions, take the scars of our lives and heal them, drive pain out to the point where it doesn´t hurt or interfere in our daily advance.
My history, in short
Never, after my mother’s death nobody really cared about how I felt after losing her. The little I remember from my childhood is that I was unmanageable, complaints over me, they always highlighted how bad I behaved; the more they criticized me the worse I behaved and managed my relations outside me. I just learned to believe I was useless.
Frustrated and sad I became a single teenage mother, but you know what? When I looked into those little almond shaped eyes of my daughter, I understood how far I would be able to reach for love. Yes! Yes, LOVE; everything that is done from love is excellent.
At that young age I had to find the way to self-empower my life, I had to do something to sustain myself in this world, not only for me but for my daughter. Well, I regained my desire, put the pain and frustration aside and over time many things began to change because now I saw my issues in a different way. Yes! Everything was settling down!
In the process I lost myself…
However, I got distracted a lot creating the life of my children, I put aside everything that had to do with me and dedicated myself to be the best mother in the whole world, (here many will feel identified). I went through expected and unexpected matters; there was a lot to learn, I realized that the only one who had the power to be successful in life was me and success would be there waiting for me if I just wanted to, because I am GENERAL MANAGER OF MY LIFE.
Time has been my ally
Whoever wants things to happen in their time is making a big mistake, they may happen; but they will not be sustainable because everything on this planet needs time to mature, to rest, to think, to breathe.
In time and with the help of Carmita, I began to have a clearer vision and as time passes by, I am focusing on finding my vision and making it come true. I know in my heart that sooner or later I will get it, now I have tools that I didn’t have before. Is it too late? No! It is never too late to start, today I am 61, I have faith that I will achieve that Sustainable Success that my friend Carmita Prieto talks so much about, because now I have my vision, my emotional connection with it and little by little I am making plans that move with me through my actions, no matter how small steps I take is always something and at the end I evaluate and of course celebrate what I have achieved so far! Any little advance is good!
Now I feel like my spirit begins to evolve from the inside!
