Valuing You While Valuing Me
Volume 1, No. 5
What’s going on?,
I would love to get some feedback on the newsletter. Would you please be so kind as to go to the comment section and provide some constructive criticism? Thank you in advance. I am considering making this a shorter read. I am a fan of James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter.
I have been thinking about how having values lines up with being valued. Many people especially women will suppress what they value to in their mind value another person. We all have some type of value that can be placed under the heading of integrity. Suppressing one’s values to value another is dishonest to the other person and oneself. Anyone who loves and/or respects you would now expect you to compromise. It is because of who you are and who you are becoming that attracted them to you in the first place. If that relationship is failing, it is probably because one or both people stopped operating with values and valuing the other person.
HIDDEN HERSTORIES:
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926): Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to hold a pilot license.
Born into a family of Texas sharecroppers in 1892, Coleman faced not only the expected societal hurdles of racial and gender discrimination but a lack of family support for her ambitions and dreams. No U.S. aviation schools would accept her, Coleman demonstrated unparalleled loyalty to her dream by learning French and moving to France to attend flight school. She became the first African American woman to earn an international pilot's license. Her return to the United States launched her crusade to champion African American participation in aviation by performing breathtaking aerial stunts, and refusing to participate in segregated events. Her aerial acrobatics captivated audiences.
Despite her family's initial skepticism, Coleman's success carved a legacy that transcended her tragic and early death in a 1926 plane crash. Her story is a powerful reminder that courage, vision, and perseverance can forge new paths, change narratives, and elevate not just the individual but uplift entire communities.
HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK:
Laughter is calorie-free and stress-reducing! So, why not LAUGH your way to a healthier, happier you? At least once a week, laugh so hard that your abs start to hurt. Consider that a finishing exercise for your quest for flat abs.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
I am the person who is looking at other people, like, “I need you to fix it”. That is me. I want us to leave this world better than we found it. And how I choose to effect change is by speaking up, by being the first and by being the domino. For a line of dominoes to fall, one has to fall first, which then leaves the other choiceless to do the same. – Luvvie Ajayi
Sometimes I get so frustrated when people work against their own interest. This quote reminds me that I have to be the change I want to see. It is easier to get people to jump on the bandwagon once its going than to get them to help with the push to start.
SOUL FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
What is your go to when you need a good laugh?
When I need a good laugh and because I like the funny to challenge me, I will watch Paul Mooney. I love Whoopi Goldberg’s one woman shows. When I need the clean version, I enjoy Michael Jr.
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Until next time.....remember your voice and stories matters!
