“When women support each other, incredible things happen …”
Life is tough, and the truth is that life is tougher for women than for men. As a woman, don’t participate in making it even tougher, use the time you spend being jealous or petty on being supportive and kind.
In some shape or form, we are born to compete. Endless messages are thrown at us telling us we need to be taller, skinnier, prettier, or smarter. Many of us are taught to come from a place of lack; you’ll never be good enough. But what good has ever come out of judgement, jealousy, and petty competition? It’s draining, demeaning, and gets us nowhere. When we try to unconditionally love the people around us, so much good comes from it!
Teamwork, inspiration, and love are just a few things we end up with. The strongest women are those that build up the women around them, instead of tearing them down. Women are questioning social norms, and really, changing the world. Women are doing some of the most inspiring things I know. I couldn’t be more proud to be a woman.
I surround myself with a group of women that challenge me and inspire me! I think a big part of this woman-driven revolution of changing stigmas, thoughts, and perceptions has been largely achieved by women supporting other women.
I try to empower others and with it I feel empowered. I do collaborate. I share my ideas with other women. I don’t keep everything to myself. I trust. I lift others as I climb my own ladder and I start collaborating more than competing. My emotions, thoughts, and opinions matter. And yours too.
I like to find little, simple pleasures and sprinkle them throughout my day. They’re not big things, but if I use them right, they can make my day. So in the morning, I might have a cup of coffee, and sip it slowly to enjoy it fully. I might read a good novel, and revel in the world of fiction. I might watch the sun come up, and love our planet. Or I sit at the edge of a pool and I marvel of the color of the deep blue.
Northern Iraq: Farida Khalaf belongs to the ethnic group of Yazidi people. She was a teenager when ISIS took over her village, executing the men and selling the women and girls into sexual slavery. Imprisoned, raped and beaten, she refused to give up hope …
„Was ich wünschte, war Bewegung und nicht ein ruhiges Dahinfließen des Lebens. Es verlangte mich nach Aufregungen und Gefahren, nach Selbstaufopferung um eines Gefühls willen. In mir war ein Überschuss von Kraft, der in unserem stillen Leben keinen Raum zur Bestätigung fand.“
Schießt doch endlich, schiesssst! Tor!!
Wir kennen die Bilder aus den Medien: Menschen, gehetzt von Stieren, rennen um ihr Leben. Doch die Verlierer sind nicht sie, sondern die Tiere. Denn die können nichts für das jährliche Spektakel, das sich San Fermín nennt. Sie werden durch die engen Gassen zur Stierkampfarena getrieben und für die Menschen, die vor ihnen laufen, ist das ein Kick, ein Adrenalinschub, mehr nicht. Sie wollen Helden spielen, sich bewundern lassen, während dieses uralten Festes, das nach einem Heiligen benannt wird. Wir sind in Pamplona. Das achttägige Fest beginnt am 7. Juli 2016 um 10 Uhr. Im Rahmen einer Prozession wird eine große Heiligenfigur – San Fermín – durch die Altstadt getragen.
„Travel. It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.“
„Um einen guten Liebesbrief zu schreiben,
