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empower, family, finding self, friends, friendship, Health, inspire, Mental Health, New People, Real life, Relationships, Self-Help, siblings, Support group
When I started the Women Sublime FB page last month, I was thinking of how to help women feel inspired and empowered. Some people, unfortunately, did not see the logic why I have to create a page like this since there are so many inspirational and motivational pages out there. There are pages that would make you laugh at other people’s misfortunes. If you have gone through life feeling that you have nothing to hope for nor no one to talk to then you would understand what this page is about.
In the darkest moments of my life few years back, I felt alone even if I had so many people around me. I made a life changing decision and left everything I was to find myself and to prioritize my son. I realized I was too busy for anything. Too busy to appreciate even the smallest thing I had. I “hibernated” and locked myself from outside. I only kept to my self, enjoyed and adored my son and renewed ties with my siblings. I kept my life as simple as possible.
I turned to the internet and I found myself discovering new things about myself. I started enjoying my life with the new people I met. I was feeling so light and happy that for the first time I felt happy. I found myself among strangers. I found myself talking to people from different places around the world… I found understanding… I found new perspective… I found confidence… and for the first time, I wasn’t searching. I was not looking for anything.
Surprisingly. people I met made me feel like we have known each other for so long. I have met acquaintances and forged friendship with neighbors and clan. Yes, and the word I used is “forged” which means to give form or shape to, especially with careful effort. Having great friends you haven’t met before takes careful shaping of trust and bond. We always have to have our guards up and were taught to never talk to strangers. Same standards apply here. What is better is there is always “unfriend” and “block” buttons to click. ( Ha ha! Just kidding!) Seriously, what is strange is that sometimes complete strangers would understand you better than those people close to you because perhaps they have different culture? Different perspective? Who knows. It’s kind of talking to a stranger you met in a line in some place.
All I know is that most of the time, people in “real life” are so quick to judge and sometimes in life… you don’t need those things since you are already hurting inside. I am just lucky that I got supportive siblings that I could run to. What about those people who do not have supportive people around them? What will happen to them?
This is the very reason for the page I set up. We can find friends for support to give affirmation and enlightenment. I enjoyed my friends so much that we have considered each other family. As they say, “Family does not have to be bound by blood.” I would like people, specially women, to feel that they are never alone in what ever they are fighting for. Same goes for men. We have been there in that darkest hour of our lives and we have to stand up and realize that we can do something for ourselves. A support group is so important to feel accepted and to feel enlightened. Sometimes also, we don’t need to say anything… just be there. Someone told me, that it does not mean that people do not react to anything, it means they don’t see it or don’t care. Some people are just there for being there. No need for words. Their presence sometimes is all we need too.
I am so blessed with great family and friends in real and online. I just want to point out that you don’t need to be alone. It’s never too late to find yourself somewhere in the recesses of your being. Sometimes you find yourself through others and reclaim your life. What others teach us can shape us. It’s never too late to turn your life around. It’s never too late to find yourself…find something priceless… like how I found “me.”
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