A Woman Has Power

Womanhood is strength, power, courage and beauty.
Today all over the world, women are celebrated for their greatness and i celebrate all women out there in one personality, my mum, Rose Wodopey.
My mum is just not a mum but an epitome of womanhood. I do not choose to celebrate the world's women through her because she is a lawyer, nurse or a professor. She is but a petty trader without the blessings of education yet her life speaks volume of every great woman out there. She stands tall among her peers. Without education, one would expect her to be timid or feel less of herself but no! She is what Eleanor Roosevelt says, "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission" She gives no room for intimidation neither does she allow inferiority complex to suppress her thoughts, her ideals, or her strength.
To me, i think being a woman alone should give you that power to overcome inferiority complex and i urge all women this day, to rise above demeaning qualities.

Rose, mother of six, always strives to make life comfortable enough for her children. She is not hindered by any obstacle such as lack of employment or lack of support. All she seeks to achieve is make ends meet and for her children to be happy hence her bold steps to starting any business without fear of failing. She thinks like a queen and act alike. Oprah Winfrey's words "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is a stepping stone to greatness" reigns in my mum's life. Haha! My mum is an entrepreneur of many businesses in her little world and that's because she doesn't fear the risk of failing. As soon as she identifies the opportunity, she acts, she sees to it that she achieves a good reward from it. 

"God gave women intuition and femininity.
Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met." Farrah Fawcett says this about women and my mum is a representative of these great words because of the peace that reigns in her home.

Women have inborn power just as Roseanne Barr clearly puts, "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it." Every woman has the power to act on anything that she puts her mind to and certainly will succeed because of our inborn greatness. I love my mum for that. Thump up to all women who realize they have this gift in them and utilize it to their advantage.

In this present day when women empowerment is the talk of all, some section of society specifically men with power feel that they can easily bend a woman by making her do a simple thing of laying her back to the ground. This has made women vulnerable even when they have power but i encourage you all women with the words of Christable Harriette Pankhurst "Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel..." Even when the road becomes too bumpy, remember the dignity of your womanhood and don't grovel to the demand of any man just to get favour.
Rose will always say "Bea, you are a woman and you will only enjoy your life if you stay true to yourself and don't let any man manipulate you."
You see why i want to celebrate women all over the world through her? She is a great woman of honour.

Charles Malik's words are, "The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world" therefore on this day of acknowledging women i present to you through this write up, great encouragement through the personality of my mum, Rose Wodopey, whom i see as an inspiration and mirror to challenge all women to greatness. I call on women all over the world to view women empowerment not as a physical strength to fight men but as changing tool to transforming society because women see things done and not only talk.

For us women reading this, we have something extra powerful that Rose doesn't have, education, the key to success. So lets make use of it and ensure that society is a safe place for us, our children and our nations. God bless women all over the world, God bless men to show kindness to women!!