I recently got an email from a woman in BC requesting nominations for women considered worthy of recognition for having done something/created something/given something/made something happen/etc…. It struck me that without exception (at least, in my awareness of how it works), all is premised on the need for someone else to say that you are worthy/deserving/etc.
Women are particularly bad at this. Although many men are able to stand and tell the world how wonderful they are and what great things they’ve accomplished, most women I’ve come in contact with are very uneasy about doing just that. We hang back…waiting to be seen, to be invited, to be acknowledge, to be given permission to speak/do/act by someone outside of us. We’ve become very adept at only allowing ourselves to be what we think other people see us as. We hide so much of who we are.
So, it struck me : it’s time for an Awards Banquet for Women (men can be guests) called ‘Toot Your Own Horn Awards’ (TYOH awards). At these awards, women get to stand up and declare to the world what they want to the world to know about what they’ve created/designed/manifested/etc. that has profoundly changed their lives and holds the potential to have an impact on the world.
None of this waiting for someone else, in their finite wisdom, to point the finger in your direction and cast a light into the shadows in which you stand! We’ll have no more of that!
Picture this: women who are ready for a TYOH award purchase a table of 8 and invite 7 people that they want to share their lives with. Each woman who purchases a table gets to speak for 15 uninterrupted minutes, in whatever way works best for her, about what she has created, what difference it makes and why it’s important to her. Imagine what wonders will unfold!
Great and powerful voices, speaking to manifestations that are unique and highly personal! The only criteria for consideration is that you care enough to take a stand for what is meaningful to you.
Count me in on that one! I’ve already got 7 people in my life that I want to share this evening with. And you can be sure that it will be in a beautiful place, with great food and great service, and we’ll be treated with the great consideration we desire….and are willing to create for ourselves.
Hmmm…I must get to work on that one…..
Breathing is good!
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