A Discussion... and Result

What a busy day. I went to work at 9, but felt sick, so they let me go home early (like 10:30). I laid in bed and watched "Sixteen Candles", then went downstairs and sang songs with Courtney for an hour. It was sooo special. Her friend Christain wondered in during, stayed for a while, ate some of my chocolate, and left.

I worked and then hung out with Melissa. We went to Open Eye Cafe, where I had tea and some delish chocolatey thingy and she had a glass of wine and nibbles of my chocolate. We had such a wonderful discussion about the devaluazation of women...

Conclusions:

Causes:
~Abuse (sexual, emotional, physical)
~Media ("this is what the perfect woman looks like")
~Men who don't treat women with respect (goes along with abuse)
~In our opinion, the biggest reason: women who don't know they have value and so don't demand it.

What we (Melissa and Alisha) can do to combat this awful epidemic.
~Tell women how beautiful (internally) and valuable they are. "You are perfect the way you are"
~Listen. Give women value by listening to them.
~Find our security/value in something greater than this earth. Constanty return to that for recogntion.
~Be willing to give help, but also to take it.
~Be the change we want to see.

It was a marvelous little talk. I absolutely adore talking to Melissa. These are things I think about and bother me, but it was amazing to find someone who agrees and would discuss it with me.