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Rewatching this gem on the farm this morning.
It is hitting a little differently this go ‘round. In contrast to the oppressive energy of the show, I can’t help but to reflect how this exact energy still plays out in workplaces today.
This is the view from my bed - sunlight flooding the room, sheer curtains framing an open field, and lemme tell ya, it’s a loud reminder that every inch of this life is mine because I built it.
Not because I inherited it.
Not because someone handed it over.
But.Because.I.Built.It
I became this version of me through a thousand experiences in a world that did its best to shrink my potential. But here I am, more empowered than if I took the ‘easy route’. I didn’t go to one day of college - it just wasn’t in the cards for me. Instead, I hit the ground running and even had a full-time job at 16 while also attending night high school.
I have had a life full of opportunities, and I’ve taken most every single one that came my way. I am a self-made woman and proud of it. Social media is full of the loud complaints, the big opinions, the “this needs to change”, “stand for this” or “stand for that” posts with zero action behind them. Typing things out for views is the easy part, but we all know
talk.is.cheap.
You can’t create a life you’re not willing to get dirty for.
If you want to reap something real, you’ve got to be willing to get dirty - hands filthy, knees scraped, spirit unbreakable… and yes, sometimes that leads to having to sign an NDA so that certain people can continue to hide behind their ‘squeaky clean’ image and avoid the discomfort of exposing who they really are, and in a sense, I guess this can mean you have flipped a switch - maybe exposed some self-awareness in someone else.
Everything I have came from hard work - not talk, not entitlement, but actually earning it. and ya know what? I wouldn’t trade a single bruise for a shortcut, because what’s empowering in that?
xo
-s
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