I'm still sorting and process a lot here, so this is a work in progress as thoughts are leaving my brain, and being transferred to this blog. There was a march this weekend. More specifically, a women's march. For me being a woman, it's important that I understand what the objective of this was. To be honest, I am still not 100% sure and to some that makes me part of the problem, according to their facebook post. However, I believe that not understanding and not trying to understand is part of the problem vs not understanding and trying to understand. So, there's that.
I have friends who marched. Some marched for women's rights. Some marched against Trump. What I struggle with is the lack of clarity/unity around what the march was for. Was it for women's rights? What is anti-Trump? Against both? There doesn't seem to be a clear sense to me, what the purpose of the march was, as a whole. Yes, people marched for various reasons, but the point of the march as a whole remains fuzzy to me. {If you know, please feel free to share. Again, I am open and want to understand.} If the march is to make your voice heard, there are lots of ways in addition to marching to let your voice be heard.
As I look at the "Womens March on Washington" website, I see some "Unity Principles" listed, which I love, and agree with. I think my bigger question with all of this is what is happening beyond the march? What are we doing as individuals to model unity? How are we as women uniting to support one another? I just recently received a magazine that on the front cover said "Mommy Wars." On the inside, it talked about the mommy wars between working moms, stay at home moms, etc. It was spot on. There's an area we can unite in ~ motherhood. Let's cut the judgmental mama junk {you know what I'm talking about if you're a mama. The whole breastfed vs. bottle fed, Pinterest mom competition, etc. You know.....} What are we doing outside of the march to promote, encourage, model and create what we marched for?
A lot of people took a lot of time out of their schedules to march this weekend. Time. It's one of the most precious things we have and something we can never get back . Once it's gone, it is gone. Unlike money, we can't earn more time. That's just not how it works. To me, when you value something, when it is worth something, you invest time in it. Let's talk relationships for example. I believe it is respectful, considerate and tells the person they matter to you if you reply to them if they have reached out. It's a simple way of saying "you matter to me." Just like the march, you did it because it mattered to you, right? You spend time with and invest time in people that matter to you, right? So if you took time to march, maybe you could model people matter to you by replying to them as well as marching? That's one way to say you value people, in addition to marching.
Women marched this weekend because they believe it was worth it. They believe what they marched for was worth it. If it was women's rights, for example, the point is that women matter, yes? {Again, if I am off here, please correct me.} So, what are we doing on a consistent basis to show our children that we matter? I am a woman. For me, that looks like taking care of myself. I read my Bible daily, I read personal development, I watch what I put in and on my body, I work out. It's self care because I believe I am worth taking care of {you are too, for that matter!} While I didn't march this weekend, I think my children are more likely to remember those consistent acts vs a march I might have participated in once in a while. {Again, not saying the march is bad, but adding these things IN ADDITION TO.}
I appreciate the masses of people marching to impact change this weekend. Let's just not forget the power of one as well. We each have the power to choose love or hate each day. We each have the power to choose unity or division daily. We have the power to choose positive or negative. Let's not forget it starts with us. We can be the change we wish to see in the world, right? This was confirmed for me a few times today via messages from friends thanking me for encouraging them to remember the dream God put in their heart, and another one thanking me for helping her change her nutrition. As a result, one friend is chasing that God-given dream, and the other one's friend is also changing their nutrition as well. Each one, reach one, right?
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