Simply said
I am...
one of the "arrogant" Americans for which I do not apologize any more than I would expect others to apologize for their land of birth and the society which has shaped the persons they are. The truth is that we are all products, first and foremost, of our primary society and, ultimately, of global society and we cannot escape the fact that we are all one in the name of humanity and we're all, individually and as groups, responsible for what takes place on this planet we inhabit. We cannot determine if there are in fact other forms of humanity elsewhere and our Gods are omnipresent yet inaccessible to us, so it is up to us as a global community to make this world what we would wish it to be. We can point out the deficiencies and proficiencies in one another as individuals, sexes, races, and nationalities but we cannot escape the fact that we are accountable as individuals for the way we allow ourselves to think, feel, and act and, though we are different in so very many ways, we are ultimately the same. Despite our placement and outward appearances, we are all basically genetically related and yet we insist on standing apart. We will never be immune to some heirarchy which will attempt to suppress or control us. We will live beneath the power of something because we forget that we are the larger power and that the "little" people, when joined, do have the power to change the status quo. If we all truly wanted something to be a certain way we could make it happen and yet we would rather choose to allow our differences to hinder us. I am me, but I am also you. I hope the considerations I make today reflect well on you.
"I am...
woman. Hear me roar." I have the opportunity to relate to that popular song quotation because I was blessed to be born a woman in the twentieth century and I also happen to have been born under the sign of the Lion. I am the thankful recipient of a better place in society due to the efforts of women who weren't afraid to demand better rights for the "fairer" sex. I happen to appreciate the differences between men and women and recognize my own inability to perfom some tasks which men excel at, but I believe a person should be treated on an equal basis without preconceived notions of what they "might" be qualified for in life. Is that an American view? No, it's a human view. If a woman in any society feels within herself that she serves a certain purpose and is comfortable with her life, more power to her. If, however, a woman is a victim of her society regardless of what her personal desires might be, that is a crime against her. I, personally, have never wanted to be a man. I've wanted to have equality, but never the desire to be the opposite sex. While being female means that I'm an emotional creature, I've found that emotion can tie me in place and also propel me forward. To those I love, I will remain steadfast even if competing desires exist. I figure personal sacrifices are measurable and, when done in the name of love, worthwhile.
I am...
a mother and will never accomplish anything in this life to surpass this. Man may have been gifted with supremacy thus far in society and politics, but the supreme power has never been his and, unless science provides means as yet unknown, never shall. Some women never feel the desire to propagate life; some women mourn the inability to do so; fortunes are made on the human need, and for those of us to whom it comes easily and welcomed, there is nothing greater in this life. Perhaps it is this one power women possess which has caused men to subjagate women for centuries. Men already know that women are as intelligent as they and that running this world does not require personal physical prowess when you can get enough strength to support you and protect your back. Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, and other such leaders proved that. How so is it then that women have been relegated to an inferior position? Religion? I pause to think of Hillary Clinton and her bid for presidency. As a woman, would she prove to be any different than her predecessors or would she guide the nation as men before her have done because she is locked into a system established and still majorly ruled by men? Would she affect a better course and would it have anything to do with the fact that she approaches it as a female...and a mother?
I am...
not infallible. I make mistakes daily but not always readily or knowingly. I do, however, accept responsibility for my thoughts, words, feelings and actions but expect others to do the same with their own and not contribute them to me. I can shoulder your own as well as mine, but I prefer not to. I will agonize over my own decisions and courses my life has taken because of them, but I accept that most in my life is within my control and that I cannot control another. I believe that there is nothing in this life separate and standing alone; that there is a chain reaction, or ripple effect. I'm not certain, nor shall I ever have the answer, whether all that is here remains as a continuous cycle of energy. I can only hope that, if it is so, the energy left behind by me is more positive than negative; more beneficial than detrimental.
I am...
evolving; growing. I believe I've grown as a person more so in the last couple of years than I have most of my life and this is because I've become my own person instead of always being what others want or expect of me. It is quite a liberating feeling and one worth pursuing and developing. Unfortunately, during this process of self-acknowledgment, people I love have been caught in the tangled emotional and indecisive minefield...some have remained and others gave up too easily and willingly or just simply lost sight that they really knew who I was despite the confusion and allowed an inner voice to guide them elsewhere. Nevertheless, what I mourn or exalt in is mine to do so. Hopefully, along this new path I'll find more to take pride in than mourn the loss of. Since a person never stops the process of change, it's important to be open to all new experiences. There are times I feel the wonder of a child and other times when the appreciation is more subtle but everything is worthy of our notice and time. Perhaps if we had the awareness of a child, we'd be more purposefully conscious of all that goes on around us, our place in the scheme of things, and our responsibility to future generations. I'd much rather try new things than remain comfortably stagnant in the familiar and I hope that I'll always be properly appreciative of my ability to go and do as so many are unable to.
I am...
finished with this for now. I am no-one; I am someone. To many I have value, to more I don't exist. What is important is my value to myself. This sometimes is debatable for I'm my own worst critic but overall I figure I'm as important as the next person; no better, no worse. Being me is not the worst life could offer and if I don't like something then it's up to me to change it. This I can do.
This will be my truth as I see it but I'm always open to insights and opinions from others since through this interaction I continue the growth process. My truth cannot be another's any more than theirs can be my own for life shapes us through individual experience and never shall we share equally in them.
I am...
one of the "arrogant" Americans for which I do not apologize any more than I would expect others to apologize for their land of birth and the society which has shaped the persons they are. The truth is that we are all products, first and foremost, of our primary society and, ultimately, of global society and we cannot escape the fact that we are all one in the name of humanity and we're all, individually and as groups, responsible for what takes place on this planet we inhabit. We cannot determine if there are in fact other forms of humanity elsewhere and our Gods are omnipresent yet inaccessible to us, so it is up to us as a global community to make this world what we would wish it to be. We can point out the deficiencies and proficiencies in one another as individuals, sexes, races, and nationalities but we cannot escape the fact that we are accountable as individuals for the way we allow ourselves to think, feel, and act and, though we are different in so very many ways, we are ultimately the same. Despite our placement and outward appearances, we are all basically genetically related and yet we insist on standing apart. We will never be immune to some heirarchy which will attempt to suppress or control us. We will live beneath the power of something because we forget that we are the larger power and that the "little" people, when joined, do have the power to change the status quo. If we all truly wanted something to be a certain way we could make it happen and yet we would rather choose to allow our differences to hinder us. I am me, but I am also you. I hope the considerations I make today reflect well on you.
"I am...
woman. Hear me roar." I have the opportunity to relate to that popular song quotation because I was blessed to be born a woman in the twentieth century and I also happen to have been born under the sign of the Lion. I am the thankful recipient of a better place in society due to the efforts of women who weren't afraid to demand better rights for the "fairer" sex. I happen to appreciate the differences between men and women and recognize my own inability to perfom some tasks which men excel at, but I believe a person should be treated on an equal basis without preconceived notions of what they "might" be qualified for in life. Is that an American view? No, it's a human view. If a woman in any society feels within herself that she serves a certain purpose and is comfortable with her life, more power to her. If, however, a woman is a victim of her society regardless of what her personal desires might be, that is a crime against her. I, personally, have never wanted to be a man. I've wanted to have equality, but never the desire to be the opposite sex. While being female means that I'm an emotional creature, I've found that emotion can tie me in place and also propel me forward. To those I love, I will remain steadfast even if competing desires exist. I figure personal sacrifices are measurable and, when done in the name of love, worthwhile.
I am...
a mother and will never accomplish anything in this life to surpass this. Man may have been gifted with supremacy thus far in society and politics, but the supreme power has never been his and, unless science provides means as yet unknown, never shall. Some women never feel the desire to propagate life; some women mourn the inability to do so; fortunes are made on the human need, and for those of us to whom it comes easily and welcomed, there is nothing greater in this life. Perhaps it is this one power women possess which has caused men to subjagate women for centuries. Men already know that women are as intelligent as they and that running this world does not require personal physical prowess when you can get enough strength to support you and protect your back. Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, and other such leaders proved that. How so is it then that women have been relegated to an inferior position? Religion? I pause to think of Hillary Clinton and her bid for presidency. As a woman, would she prove to be any different than her predecessors or would she guide the nation as men before her have done because she is locked into a system established and still majorly ruled by men? Would she affect a better course and would it have anything to do with the fact that she approaches it as a female...and a mother?
I am...
not infallible. I make mistakes daily but not always readily or knowingly. I do, however, accept responsibility for my thoughts, words, feelings and actions but expect others to do the same with their own and not contribute them to me. I can shoulder your own as well as mine, but I prefer not to. I will agonize over my own decisions and courses my life has taken because of them, but I accept that most in my life is within my control and that I cannot control another. I believe that there is nothing in this life separate and standing alone; that there is a chain reaction, or ripple effect. I'm not certain, nor shall I ever have the answer, whether all that is here remains as a continuous cycle of energy. I can only hope that, if it is so, the energy left behind by me is more positive than negative; more beneficial than detrimental.
I am...
evolving; growing. I believe I've grown as a person more so in the last couple of years than I have most of my life and this is because I've become my own person instead of always being what others want or expect of me. It is quite a liberating feeling and one worth pursuing and developing. Unfortunately, during this process of self-acknowledgment, people I love have been caught in the tangled emotional and indecisive minefield...some have remained and others gave up too easily and willingly or just simply lost sight that they really knew who I was despite the confusion and allowed an inner voice to guide them elsewhere. Nevertheless, what I mourn or exalt in is mine to do so. Hopefully, along this new path I'll find more to take pride in than mourn the loss of. Since a person never stops the process of change, it's important to be open to all new experiences. There are times I feel the wonder of a child and other times when the appreciation is more subtle but everything is worthy of our notice and time. Perhaps if we had the awareness of a child, we'd be more purposefully conscious of all that goes on around us, our place in the scheme of things, and our responsibility to future generations. I'd much rather try new things than remain comfortably stagnant in the familiar and I hope that I'll always be properly appreciative of my ability to go and do as so many are unable to.
I am...
finished with this for now. I am no-one; I am someone. To many I have value, to more I don't exist. What is important is my value to myself. This sometimes is debatable for I'm my own worst critic but overall I figure I'm as important as the next person; no better, no worse. Being me is not the worst life could offer and if I don't like something then it's up to me to change it. This I can do.
This will be my truth as I see it but I'm always open to insights and opinions from others since through this interaction I continue the growth process. My truth cannot be another's any more than theirs can be my own for life shapes us through individual experience and never shall we share equally in them.
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