"What I know for sure"...

Hey There,
 It has been a while since I have blogged. So Happy New Year friends! Hope that life has been treating you well.

My sister and I have a mini book club going where we try to challenge ourselves to read a book and we pick a date to talk about it. While we have only read two books in the last two years of our Sister Book club, the books have been powerful and captivating and challenged us to think beyond our current status. This most recent book was "What I know for sure," by Oprah. I recommend EVERY ONE to grab it if you have not.

The book is a collection of lessons that Oprah has been through around different themes- Joy, Gratitude, etc. My sister and I chatted about what we loved about the book last night and then my sister posed the anticipated question- "What do you know for sure?"

When reading this book, you begin to think about what lessons you know. What you carry with you through life and how do you live out those lessons. I knew this question was coming and I spent some time thinking about it. But I still didn't know how or what to articulate. So in the brief few minutes with my sister, I came to this conclusion:
 What I know for sure, is to be comfortable in your own skin. What people don't know about me is I have a passion for supporting young women. I think working in a college environment brings that out in me. But as women our experiences and our identity in the world are cultivated by society and they often conflict with who we are. When I was in my younger years, you couldn't tell me nothing about my life or experiences. I "knew it all," but what I really know is that as women our identities are in conflict all the time. What I know for sure now is that I love getting older, I become more wise and I realize that getting to know me is the most important thing. I am single and knocking on 30s door, and I am okay with that. Because this is my identity right now- single, woman, friend, sister, daughter, niece, cousin, aunt, godmother. I have time for those other identities- wife, mom etc. And for now I want to just enjoy my life.

So if you are reading this, and most importantly women. What do you know for sure?

That's all she wrote....