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What are you waiting for?
No, I didn't mean resolutions.
Resolutions are ideas to change without an actual plan to do so. Many people make and break them, year after year. This year, before you set down and decide what it is you are going to change about the past year, also set yourself a plan to enact that change.
I would like to take this opportunity to challenge people to make a change in the new year. The change I'd like to see is a small one, but it makes such a difference in your life, and the lives of the women around you.
Women, I would like you to do one thing every day to make another woman in your life smile or feel as beautiful as you see them. We all know the litany of spam that comes from men, and it's meaningless for the most part. It doesn't compare to the positive impact that the praise from another woman can give.
This is actually something that I have committed myself to doing over the last year or so. I became a Mary Kay consultant because I wanted to make my friends feel as beautiful on the outside as they were within. Doing so, I realized that the more women I helped the better I felt about myself. I also learned that the confidence boost they got from something as simple as a make-over or a day of being pampered with a facial made the little amount of time I took out of my day to do it worth it.
Most girls are inundated by the women in their lives to be competitive with other women. Mothers and daughters, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, friends, strangers, all fight for attention. What you don't realize is that the attention you are competing for, is just as easily shared. Women will fight over a man, completely neglecting the fact that he's screwing them both. They will hold grudges and plot, not realizing the time and energy spent getting even with another woman would be better spent by taking the time to do something special for another woman who supports you.
Jealousy and disdain do not have to be a part of your life. When you open yourself up to positive female relationships, you'd be surprised what monumental impact it will have on your life.
Happy New Years to you all, and I hope the best for everyone.
