Last week I went to my mother's as usual. I was listening to Justin Bieber and singing in my “wonderful” English, while waiting for someone to open the gate for me. Here comes my brother and when he hears the sound he tells me in a very nice and ironic way: “Lud, don't you think it's time for you to hear Justin Bieber?”.
Can someone help me and explain to him that there is no age for anything? That we are here in this dimension where we can experience all the delicious experiences that interest us and be happy? That right or wrong is a matter of point of view and that God gave a life to each one and knows why? For each one to take care of his!
Of course, my brother said jokingly, because he wouldn't miss the opportunity to snipe. He has always loved doing this. But how many times do we not hear or even say things like that? I said myself that I would enjoy my long hair until I reached 30 and then cut it because it wouldn't match anymore! And today, at 40, I still “think” I have a “big hair”.
The question is: How well do you feel?
Do your will. Beauty comes from the inside out. How many people have such a strong light of their own that they end up looking much more beautiful than they already are? They are happy with themselves and thus emanate good energy wherever they go. The kind of person we always want to be around.
Another time my brother joked with me: “Lud, you are going to be that woman who deceives everyone. From the coast, it's going to be a blast with that blonde hair and when it turns, that passion fruit in the drawer”. We laughed a lot and said: “I'm really going!”.
Accepting yourself is the first step to raising your self-esteem. Do it for yourself, after all, who lives with you most of the time is yourself!
Female empowerment and age
Female empowerment is a way of thinking and living that considers that women should occupy different spaces in society, and that they are free to express themselves as they feel comfortable. An empowered woman, then, is one who applies this concept in everyday life, living according to her own desires and motivating other women to live that way too.
The biggest challenge to embodying female empowerment is facing the pressure that society places on women. It is not easy to simply act autonomously, wear what we want and do what we want when we are aware that society will judge us and exclude us for it. This phenomenon can be observed in women who are aging and have not lost the will of youth.
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Society spreads the idea that from the age of 50 a woman has nothing more to offer. She will not have the beauty of when she was young, she will not be attractive to men and she will not be able to have children. All these characteristics are understood as the essence of a woman, but this does not match reality. At all stages of life women have something to offer, because they are much more than the standards of beauty and behavior.
With female empowerment, women are able to understand that they don't exist to please other people or to follow the rules created by patriarchy. They own themselves, subject to their stories and free to do whatever they want, regardless of the judgments of others, which will always exist.
An adult or elderly woman may not maintain the beauty she had in her youth, because beauty changes. Wrinkles, scars and blemishes tell stories and reflect the privilege of aging healthily and overcoming death. In addition, everything they learn throughout their lives is knowledge to be shared, and every year they learn more about life, society and themselves.
As hard as it is to ignore the opinions of others and the pressures of society, it is important for women to understand that they have a right to exist. And that includes aging physically and maturing mentally, but it doesn't mean that they should fulfill what is expected of them in each age group. Never be influenced by what others think you should do with your life, after all, it's yours alone!
And I'm still like that, long hair, good-natured and listening to Justin. Is that you? Tell me!
