Do It Anyway - Women On The Rise Version

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Men (and women who are afraid to do the things you want to do) may say you are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered for having a non-traditional vision for yourself.

Do it anyway.

The most important people in your life (your family and relatives) may think you are way out of line and shame you, for wanting something that the community you were born into, the society you were born into, or the religion you were born into, frowns upon.

Forgive them for their lack of understanding and do it anyway.

If you decide to say something about something that needs talking about, you may be branded as a hater, an ignoramus, and a troublemaker, by popular and powerful people.

Use your voice and say the things you need to say anyway.

If you are successful in a role and in a field where women are in the minority, many men and women might try to dismiss, discredit, or diminish what you do on both public and private platforms.

Continue to blaze a trail in that field anyway. Don't let that unnerve you.

If you say things in a forthright way - and without a smile, men (and women who are used to people-pleasing) will call you unpleasant, unappealing, bossy, a shrew, unsexy, lacking in charm, and more.

Be honest and frank (and give yourself permission not to smile) anyway.

If you want to create or build something that's ambitious and challenging, especially for a woman, you risk enduring excessive public humiliation if you fail.

Have big aims and aim to build anyway.

If you have found your serenity and happiness making choices that are not typical for your sex, you may be looked upon as a poor role model or a weirdo.

Make those choices anyway.

As the ending lines of the original "Do It Anyway" Mother Teresa poem say...

“Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God.

It was never between you and them anyway.”

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Don't Let An Insatiable Appetite For More

Don't let an insatiable appetite for more

Push you to the point of regret

Know when to say enough is enough

And when to recognize a goal, a boundary, or your cravings are met.

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It is tempting to keep wanting more

Even though you have acquired and consumed more than enough

It's tempting to say I'll just go for this one more thing - it looks so good

Even though your garage and closets are packed, and you already have too much stuff.

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Greed for money, greed for power

Greed for appetizing food and more

We can buy, shop and eat without restraint

But trouble waits outside the door.

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Health trouble and money troubles wait

Sleepless nights and feeling insecure

So many unwanted troubles wait in the wings

When we have an insatiable appetite for more.

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We’ll find that enemies, thieves, and toadies

Make a beeline for our door

It will be hard to tell who's a real friend or who’s a real love

When we have an insatiable appetite for more.

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Knock Knock Knock clamor new opportunities and temptations

They shine and have so much allure

Like the sirens, they make us lose our grip

And we lose the ability to say, "No more".

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A word, an ad can make us mad

To have or experience this or that thing

Once it's ours, we are on the treadmill again

Looking for the next best thing.

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Some people have lost it all dear reader

Their insatiable appetite became a run-away train

They just kept going and going and going

Until suddenly their lives were horribly changed.

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Their health, their comfort, their relationships, their sterling character

All went for a toss

An insatiable appetite led them astray

And set them up for a grievous loss.

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Health, comfort, relationships, and character

These are the things most worth living for

But all those precious things go out of the window

When we can't resist things with allure.

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Yes, don't let an insatiable appetite for more, dear reader,

Push you to the point of regret

Know when to say enough is enough

And to recognize that a goal, boundary, or craving has been met.

The Fruits Of A Well-Lived Spirit

As we get older, it may be harder to make ourselves presentable, but it may be easier to make ourselves dear and beloved.

As we get older, it may be harder to move our limbs, but it may be easier to move hearts and spirits because of the wisdom and knowledge we have gained.

As we get older, it may be harder to hear, but it may be easier to be listened to.

As we get older, it may be harder to see things, but it may be easier to perceive what's in people's hearts.

As we get older, it may be harder to digest the different things we eat, but it may be easier to accept and digest different views.

As we get older, it may be harder to keep ourselves physically fit, but it may be easier to keep ourselves emotionally fit.

As we get older, it may be harder to remember things, but it may be easier for us to be remembered for things.

As we get older, it may be harder to reach for things, but it may be easier for us to reach out and interact with people.

As we get older, it may be harder to keep a tune, or melody, but it may be easier for us to add good-natured harmony wherever we go.

As we get older, it may be harder to have the energy and enthusiasm to tackle complex projects, but it may be easier to join in and enjoy simple things.

As we get older, it may be harder to help people physically, but it may be easier to help people emotionally.

As we get older, it may be harder to do things with style, but it may be easier to do things with love.

As we get older, it may be harder for us to avoid illnesses and ailments, but it may be easier to avoid foolish decisions and choices.

As we get older, it may be harder for us to learn new technologies, but it may be easier to learn new ways of coping.

As we get older, it may be harder for us to make waves, but it may be easier for us to make sense of things.

These are the fruits of a well-lived spirit. 

Which every person who grows older wisely and well should be able to enjoy.

Even as life gets harder!

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Further inspiration for you, dear reader: The Fun Habit.