Article Four

We are the World We are the Women-----

In society far too little credit is given to women’s achievements in everyday life. Somehow we have become our own worst enemies in that we quietly and efficiently go about our business in such a way that everyone just takes it for granted and forgets what an enormous contribution we make to society. Somewhere along the line we have made it all look way too easy and now there is no going back! So maybe it’s up to us to take stock of our role in the scheme of things, making sure that we are being true to ourselves in the process, and just get on with it.
Let’s face it; we only have to look around at our children and know what a miracle has been perpetrated through us. We have the future in our hands here; we have the power to give shape to our dreams of a better world. The way in which we bring up our children is the key to the future. If we instill the now almost extinct virtues into our children from the very beginning and insist on honesty, respect, loyalty, integrity, and accountability, surely the world will be a brighter place with these types of people leading us.
We have so much power and yet if we don’t use it wisely it can turn out to be just the opposite. A mother, who insists on doing everything for her son, long after he is capable of taking care of himself, is making a candidate for Male Chauvinism, and we women know how counterproductive that can be! The Mother who defends her children even when she knows they are in the wrong, is not helping them to face up to life, she is encouraging their dishonesty. By not setting boundaries to their behavior, she is creating human beings who feel that the world owes them something and take rather than give and feel no compassion for others.
Women let’s not bemoan our fate, but rather work together in strength and unity and use this power that we have been given to improve the quality of life, if not for ourselves then for our children.