“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship.”
—Louisa May Alcott
Recently, I read Tina Fey’s memoir Bossypants. I noticed her keen ability to laugh at herself, go toward what gave her purpose, while remaining grounded in fundamentals such as family, integrity, play, hard work, and friendship. As I consider the title Bossypants, I appreciate the words of our children’s preschool teacher which were something to the effect of “You’re the boss of you”. To our children, these words seemed to convey
“YES I CAN DO THIS”.
“I CAN SAY NO”.
“I CAN SAY YES”.
More than that, these words create moments of considerations such as
“I AM CAPABLE”.
“I AM COMPETENT”.
“I AM COURAGEOUS”.
“I HAVE FREEDOM”.
“I CAN CHOOSE”.
Simple and empowering. After all, in our lives, aren’t we driving our own bus, sailing our own boat, steering our car, flying our plane, dancing our dance, singing our song, writing our own story? Where in your life can you experience truth, vibrancy, lightness…these things which allow us to become our own best bosses?
“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
—Helen Keller
“To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson