Another spin on it

Life brings on transition, all the time.  I think it what's makes see our strengths and weakness.  However often, it makes too judgemental of others and  most importanly ourselves.  While reading this book, The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women, I came across this passage:

 

SUPPORTING SELF-FOCUS IN OTHER WOMEN

 

 

The issues around creativity versus caretaking have long polarized women against each other.  We each need to live by our own truths and values.  The challenge for many of us is transcendence of other people's expectations and making peace with our own choices and priorities.  That's why we also need to monitor our tendenc to pass judgment on other women for their similarly difficult choices.  Whenever you find yourself criticizing another woman for her life choices, stop for a moment.  Do you really know what obstacles she faces in her life?  Are you sure you have the right formula for everyone?  Monitor your judgments of other women and notice what you observe.  Attacking each other doesn't solve the problems we all face as modern women.  Let's try to focus on the big picture of the challenges that women face today as they try to manage multiple worlds of expectations.  It is important that we stop splitting ourselves off from one another and band together to create new freedoms and support systems for ourselves and the next generations of women.  By cultivating our own self-focus and encouraging that of our peers, we can harness even more creative power world.

Thank you, Gail McMeekin, I couldn't have said it better...