This is for the ladies — the eldest daughters, middle-child daughters, only daughters, youngest daughters, mothers, and sisters. Strong girl is for every one of us, who faces battles of being a woman, may it be self-inflicted or inflicted by society.
I hope you know I am proud of your strength, and you should be, too.
Where do you stand when things get heavy? Where do you cry when things get hard? Who do you talk to when you face problems? Why do you go through all of these alone? Because you’re strong? Because you’re independent? Or maybe because you don’t want them to see you go through such heavy moments?
Soft like wax, sharp as an axe
Why do you feel so strong, yet so fragile at the same time? Why do you want everybody else to lean on you, when you can’t even lean back for yourself?
Just drag your heels, and don’t you draw a line, be strong, girl
Why did you grow up in such a household that forces you to become independent, strong, and composed all the time? And why did you let that take advantage of you, as a person? Why did you listen to their desires? Does that really make you strong? Or that just makes you weak?
It’s not like you’re obligated to answer every question I threw, but don’t these questions make you reflect on yourself and lifestyle? Because you know you have always been strong ; because you know you were always forced to be independent.
I hope you know you can be soft as wax all the time. It’s not everyday you can be someone’s life, but can’t live with happiness. Give yourself a break, live life, and feel emotions. Feel emotions and let them grow on you, let these emotions control you, let these emotions feel you, too. You can be as sharp as an axe, yes, but don’t let the sharpness break you, for an axe’s grip sometimes slips, too.
Do not drag your feet into places you don’t want to fit in. Do not squeeze yourself into a place you don’t belong. Don’t listen to them. Draw a line. Set your boundaries, for if you don’t, you might find yourself questioning the space you couldn’t even set in the first place.
Who are you if you can’t be everybody’s strong girl?
You may not be able to please everyone, but at the very least, you can be yourself. You don’t need to hide in the shadows of someone so strong — you can be weak at times, too. Failure is harmless ; failure is inevitable; and most importantly, failure makes you stronger. Embrace your weakness and its failures; don’t let anyone else dictate who you ought to be.
Weakness doesn’t make you less of a woman, not even less of a person.
