My dear friend Barbara sent me an email last week which included the following statement:

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground each morning the devil says, “OH CRAP, SHE’S UP!”

Oh yes…I do believe I have become that kind of woman and I find it quite comforting.  You know the type…the type that some will call unflattering names…the type that some find unsettling. I am just fine with that.

I haven’t always been this way.  There was a time when I was meek and mild and easily beat down.  It took me years to become fierce and some days it takes steely determination to remain fierce, but I won’t give that up…I fought too hard to find my fierceness to ever relinquish it.

My wish for all women – young and old – is that they too find the fierceness within them as nothing is quite as powerful as a fierce woman.  Own your strengths, weaknesses and personal power…live with integrity and zest…don’t accept less than you deserve…BE FIERCE.  And know that there is no place in hell for fierce women…even the devil knows when to leave well-enough alone. 😉

Day four hundred and ninety-two of the new forty – obla di obla da

Ms. C