| Over the years women have come along way. But in | | | | to know that we have choices to make in our lives |
| some cultures and families, women are still being | | | | and can accomplish what we set out to. |
| brought up disempowered and do not believe in | | | | Women of all cultures have the right and the ability |
| themselves. This is a practice that our generation has | | | | to guide every part of their lives. We look first to |
| to change, to bring our daughters up empowered | | | | our parents, then to others in our lives to guide us as |
| and feeling as if they are valuable individuals. For | | | | to whom we are. But we have to look to ourselves. |
| many of us, it's easier said than done. I grew up very | | | | We must choose to value our minds, bodies and |
| uneducated about being empowered. My mother was | | | | spirit, nurture our emotions and feelings and believe in |
| disempowered and brought me up with love and | | | | the strength of our decisions. We have to choose |
| nurturing but did not know how to bring me up | | | | responsibility and accountability to ourselves in the |
| empowered. It has been a steady uphill road but it is | | | | choices we make, the way we manage our life. We |
| worth it. To be an empowered woman is to feel | | | | can look to areas in our life, such as our finances, |
| strength in life, to value our self worth and to | | | | work/career, families, our goals and aspirations and |
| respect ourselves. I have a passion and that is to | | | | where our lives are going. Are you content, peaceful |
| bring our daughters up in an empowered fashion, to | | | | and happy with where you are and where you are |
| live and find true meaning in their lives. Women who | | | | headed? Do you feel as if there is room to grow? Do |
| choose empowerment are women who believe in | | | | you value your self? |
| their worth. | | | | When you start to value yourself and feel worthy |
| The Buddhist religion teaches us that all individuals are | | | | you will start to feel as if anything is possible and you |
| masters of their own destiny. I believe this to be | | | | have the world at your door waiting to come in. So, |
| true. We need to look within us to value what makes | | | | empower yourself, start believing that you are |
| us the person we are and to know that we are | | | | worthy and choose to live life on your terms. |
| worthy of everything life has to offer us. We need | | | | |