Monday motivational: Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see - Confucius

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world – Anne Frank

Monday motivational after a disrupted week: When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be - Lao Tzu

Being a woman

As it is women's month, I wanted to pay special tribute to the amazing women who have played a part in my life. Perhaps the roles you have played has not been as I would have chosen. But in every story there needs to be an evil villain - perhaps in my story I just have more than the average princess :) 

There are too many to even attempt to mention by name, but I am cognisant of all the love, the nurturing, the affirmation, the strength, the support they have given me over the years. And by the same token, I am grateful for the jealousy, for the bitterness, for the nasty words, for the tears, the shouts and the screams, as they have all contributed to the woman I am today.

And I am proud of who I am. I am imperfect, I am a work in progress, I can be quick to anger, I can be unapproachable. I can be judgmental, I can be unfair. I can be nasty, and I can be impatient.

But I am loving, I am forgiving. I am constantly trying to fix all the troubles in the world, and stand up for those who are unable to stand up for themselves. I am WOMAN, hear me roar! 

One of my favourite motivationals this Monday - Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away - Maya Angelou