Women, what is your value? | WWUP #35

What makes someone more valuable is not what they can do that everyone else can do, it’s what they offer that is unique. This message is for you, women, with love. In our striving to be equal to men, we’ve lost touch with our intrinsic value as women and therefore to be able to recognize our individual innate value. Think if you have something like a quilt, a piece of jewelry, a handwritten note, something that you value, but few or no one would understand the unquantifiable value it has to you. I have a milk pitcher that is from the old family farm that, although it looks sound, no longer holds liquid. Even better, I have a thin, old beach towel I got when I was about 8 years old when my grandparents took me and my cousin to Disney World and on our first time to the ocean. The one sits atop a cabinet as decoration, the other, though thin, could still absorb water, but is kept in a plastic box to preserve a clearer memory of a very special time with the favorite people in my life. Although some women have always been involved in commerce, it’s not until relatively recently that women have come out of the home to work. Any woman who works outside the home realizes that she now has two jobs. But the topic of how we were sold the bill of goods that we are of more value outside the home is for another day… today we are talking about intrinsic value not market value. What is it about you that is so valuable that no one can put a price on it? It’s more than something you do, although it can involve that. Maybe it’s your ability to foster interactions that are so heart-warming that the love radiates out even further - I know one such woman who is like this. Maybe it’s your ability to listen in a way that people feel truly heard, and they open up like they don’t for anyone else. Do you know how to pick a gift that is so particular to a person that is amazes them? Can you spot something unique and beautiful in another person (especially a woman) and compliment her on that? Can you see what others don’t see? Do you know what to say to comfort someone at their most challenging times? Do you know how to reach someone with words or touch who is notoriously untouchable? I’m not talking about entitlement here; as in “I”m so valuable I should have…”. All the examples that I listed above are ways of being by giving. Aren’t some of the times you’ve felt the best when you were giving? Each of us have a unique way of giving that actually brings us more energy, warms and grows our hearts, what is yours? I know, I know, we have to give to ourselves and take care of ourselves too, but that’s another topic. (We will also talk about why women are so damn tired and fed up! And if you haven’t been yet, listen even closer!) The above are very feminine qualities, things that get pushed aside for lack of time and perceived value; other things are more important. But are they? What would the world be like if we didn’t have the comforting touch of the woman who loves us most when we are ill? How much fuller is your heart when your friend truly listens and you can just settle into the nurturing, and just be? Check out this latest #wifewakeup #podcast episode #34 at WifeySchool.us (link in bio) #WomensEmpowerment #PersonalGrowth #SelfImprovement #WomenInspiringWomen #FemaleEmpowerment #GrowthMindset #SelfDevelopment #EmpowerHer #WomenSupportingWomen #wifeywakeup #podcast