Women – Powerful or Power-full?

I just have to wonder why on this blessed earth do women follow this desire to compete with one another? Why do we feel the need to feel power over each other? From wanting to be the favorite daughter, to the best sister, prettiest in the family, skinniest in the class, smarter than the other ‘dumb blondes’ – the list is endless! Just writing that last phrase puts other women down! I had to find out how the ‘dumb blonde’ label came to be….I was shocked to find out that it began with an 18th-century French courtesan named Rosalie. Really? We’ve been perpetuating this for centuries?
As soon as a woman enters a room with other women in it, we take in the physical attributes of one another …. and compare… and judge… and criticize. We think, ‘I’m prettier than her; my legs are thinner than hers; her boobs are huge; what in the hxxx is she wearing?”

What hits next? Our insecurities! ‘I wish my hair was that long….She is so much sexier than I am…
I have watched women look at other women, then adjust their clothing – pull a blouse out from their middle, pull their sweater around their body, pull their skirt down, stand up straighter. I see smiles fade and cheeks blush, strides slow and peppy steppers become weighed-down strollers. I’ve caught myself doing these very actions?

Why is it that we must compare ourselves to each other? What good does it do? Just to state the obvious, NONE! I recently experienced a wonderful afternoon that was anything but the aforementioned! A friend of mine invited a group of women to come over to watch “The Goddess Project.” I was fortunate enough to have the afternoon free! We nibbled, chatted, laughed and cried as we watched this beautiful documentary on women across the United States. A circle of women sat empowered watching women that could have been any one of us! Without adding any spoilers….I highly recommend it! I am currently planning my own circle of powerful women to watch it!!