Remind Yourself: You Are Not Your Thoughts

One Of My Big Milestones Came When I Turned Forty And Promised Myself To Stop Worrying About All The Things I Thought I Might Do But Never Really Would. I Was Very Relieved When I Realized That You Can Actually Complete A Project By Dropping It. That's How I "completed" Learning To Cook And Learning German, Becoming A Good Skier, And A List Of Other Things Too Long To Recite!

We Have Created A Democracy That Links Us All, And With It Come Not Only Opportunities But Obligations. There Are No Gates Or Walls High Enough. There Are No Bank Accounts Large Enough To Buy You And Your Family And Your Friends Protection From The Fear And Hunger Of Those Left Behind Or To Isolate You From The Consequences Of Growing Social Inequities. We Are All In This Boat Together. And The Fact That There Isn't A Hole At Your End Of The Boat Doesn't Mean You Are Safe.

You Need To Be Able To Nurture Yourself In Order To Be A Good Mother, Good At Your Job, Good At Servicing Your Community. I Really Believe Women Can Do It All, But They Can't Do It All At The Expense Of Their Health, Their Sleep, And Their Sense Of Well-being.

What Women's Lib Might Achieve If Their 'consciousness Raising' - Or In Plain English, Brainwashing- Campaign Succeeds Is A Society Whose Members Have Identical Roles But Are Perpetually At War With Themselves; A Society Of Males Made Neurotic By Suppressed Masculinity, Of Females Made Miserable By Having Masculine Roles Thrust Upon Them That Contradict Their Feminine Impulses.

Fearlessness Is The Mother Of Reinvention.