A Future Full of Possibilities.

To say that it has been a tumultuous few years, both personally and globally, would be an understatement to say the least. There have been deaths that have impacted the whole world, deaths that have knocked the wind out of my sails because their absence has blown up “my” world, there have been actual wars, political wars, changes for the worse as it relates to women’s choices, fighting amongst our youth, inflation, division of our country…the list could go on and on for this whole page. And like I said, the turbulent events are not lost on me. But I’ve never been one to let myself stay in the horrible for too long, to let myself sink in it and let myself drown in it; because that’s not the type of person that I have evolved into since leaving my home state.

Despite all of events that I have listed and a plethora of others, I can see a change towards the positive, or at least an attempt to change towards the positive. I can see so many strong, body positive, mentally aware and empathetic women trying, clawing their way to spread a positive message for this generation and future generations. The level of gratitude that I feel when I see female Olympians, hit-making musicians, actors, politicians, professionals, trying to break free from the molds that we were all made to feel like we had to fit into. There isn’t one perfect body type. There is no limit to what I or you can accomplish at any stage in our lives. What does the opinion of others matter to my journey? There isn’t an exact level of achievement that I need to hit to make me a success. I’ve learned this independently over this last half decade or so, but it is so inspiring and extremely supportive to be surrounded by it as well when I scroll through my socials (entertainment and networking). It gives me hope that this new generation of women, or those who identify as female, won’t be weighed down by the self-imposed, society imposed, familial imposed expectations and stigmas that sadly burdened the generation in which I grew up and those that came before me. It can only be achieved if we all continue to build each other up and support each other and stop tearing down those that vocally speak against those that try to pull us back to the time where we couldn’t speak out, couldn’t say no, and had to always please those around us instead of rocking the boat that we were on. I say rock that dawn boat. Because guess what? We can swim! Spread the message that we are beautiful, we are strong, we are here for each other no matter what, and that perfection is not the goal. The goal is to be real and just be ourselves, and that is more than enough for me, and even though other’s opinions don’t matter, is enough for you too.