Respect Thy Own.

So a few years back, I had started this page on Facebook called “Stories for the soul” and for very obvious reasons, it did not catch on. But what caught my attention was an article I wrote. It was about women supporting other women and funnily enough, there have been quite many changes since that article.

I have to admit: I did not follow what I preach. There have been instances when jealousy, the ever so rampant virus, spread through my core. There were times when I have judged many girls. Though I am not that person anymore it still baffles me how hard it really is for us, as women to not be intimidated by others of the same sex.

I recognize myself as a feminist. I have stated that time and again. But how do we expect men to treat us as equals and respect us, when we don’t respect ourselves and others of our own kind?

We are constantly judging other women for their choices (however bizarre they may be to us, each to their own isn’t it?), feeling threatened by their presence, making fictional enemies for ourselves, competing with them on a hypothetical level and what not.

WOMEN.

LISTEN UP.

How does jealousy arise? How do all these negative feelings catch on?

From insecurities!

How does insecurity arise?

From low self-worth and self-love!

Start by loving yourself. Feel confident in your own skin. Don’t feel threatened by other women. There can never be another you. You are unique in a way that no one else can be.

Stop ‘trying to be’ like other women. Please stop the unnecessary plagiarism.

Accept who you are. Once the insecurities vanish, so will all the evil thoughts. Engage yourself in something fun or meaningful. An empty mind is indeed a devil’s workshop.

Girls compete with each other, women EMPOWER each other.

Start respecting your own gender before creating a demand-chart for the opposite gender.