
Monday morning inspiration (from my husband)

“I told a lie to my father that I was going to travel in Korea for a week. That’s how I started backpacking 28 countries for 8 months alone. As growing up in a conservative family, that’s the only way to convince them. At that time, I was stuck in the situation of my family’s obligation and working pressure in Japan. One day, I lost my family member after long care, and then I felt that I need some break before losing myself. At the beginning of my trip, I didn’t know how to enjoy my first freedom that I haven’t got for long time. For example, whenever I felt happy, my tough memory in Japan flashed back. I felt that “old me” was monitoring me with jealousy from the sky, and it made me feel guilty about my decision. In China, people mistook that I was a lost child, so a lady kept holding my hand. In Wales, I missed a bus in mountain; my first hitchhiking attempt was succeeded because a kind family picked me up. In Laos, when I visited a small village without electricity, the moon was bright enough to allow me to walk in the forest at night, and rice fields were shining all over place by reflection of the moon. The great nature and people were enough rehabilitation for me to heal. In Vietnam, I had a motorbike accident and lost my memory. In Morocco, I was chased by young guys with knives. Although I faced dangers in my trips, I didn’t regret my decision, because every single moment was precious for me. It was my first and biggest rebellion in my life. Looking back now, I never thought that I had a hidden power to continue 8 months backpacking. Before the trip, I was very weak, powerless, and I sacrificed my life for somebody’s sake. But what I believe now is- you are the one who find your hidden power inside you, not by someone. You have to be bold and courageous to change your situation even if it looks impossible to do so. During my trip, one traveler told me such “Don’t live somebody else’s life”. This still keeps motivating me. Women tend to sacrifice their life for somebody. But you have to be a main character of your life”.
“This concept just came to me as I was contemplating this blog post. I was thinking about how I could possibly write something from a position of empowerment or power or “I’ve got it all together” when I so don’t have it all together; I started thinking “but I’ve had it together before, what happened?”. In thinking about this I came to the realization that we never have “OUR LIFE” (I have capitalized this on purpose as though it is one big thing) together. My life, I realized, is actually a series of small lives… Continue reading “9 lives…”
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right-for you’ll be criticized anyway. You will be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t” – Eleanor R.
“The giving of love is an education in itself” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult” – Charlotte Whitton
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say. “She doesn’t have what it takes”. They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes”- Clare Boothe Luce
“The best protection any women can have ..is courage”- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Confidence comes not from always being right but not fearing to be wrong”
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny” – Albert Ellis
Happy international Women’s day!
The daughters. The mothers.
The sisters. The friends.
The wives. The girlfriends.
The aunts. The nieces.
The grand-somethings.
The women in your life.
Who love, lose, cry.
Laugh, heal, thrive.
Nurture. Care.
To every beatuful women on earth,
I am wishing you happiness and health!
You are stronger than you think.
You are more beatuful than you think. Be strong. Be positive. Be yourself.
You.Are.Amazing.
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” — Charles Malik
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