Wearing Confidence Like a Lady

If These Heels Could Talk they would say, "One thing I do not lack is confidence."

I believe every woman is beautiful in their own way. I just believe that some of them have not yet discovered how to radiate their beauty. I don't believe that beauty is skin deep either.  True beauty is something that we don't always see but can always feel. It can come in the form of a tear drop, a smile, or silence. 

I grew up in the country and although my mother and father both worked, they didn't make a lot of money. We never went hungry but there were times we went without electricity.   One year our well went dry and we went the entire year without running water.  Although we didn't have running water, we were always clean, the house was always clean and we knew how to have a good time.  My mother made sure that we were loved and felt loved.  I really am so thankful for her. 

I can't be mad about the struggle because it helped mold me today into the strong, confident, independent, hard working woman that takes nothing from no one and only dishes out that which I could handle myself. That doesn't mean that what I dish out others always handle well, it means that I realize that I can't complain or get mad when I encounter a strong personality just like mine. 

I am a straight forward, tell it like it is, matter of fact kind of lady.  I do not see the need in "beating" around the bush.  "Beating around the bush"  is time and money wasted.   I am passionate about everything that I encounter and do not take no for an answer.  If I want it I am going to get it. And if I don't get it I am going to embrace the reason for my not "getting" it.  Live and learn I say.  (and I am sure other people say this too, they took the line from me, just saying)

Around this neck of the woods I have become famous in my own sort of way.  With three kids in sports, I have more often than not arrived at the ball fields straight from the office,  still wearing my high heels and pencil skirt. Yes I realize this  not your typical game day attire but if I am being honest I am most comfortable in my high heels and pencil skirt.   If I were to attend a game now without donning the heels, I  really think I might let a few people down. 

So what exactly I am so confident about?  Well...  I am confident in my own skin.  I am confident that I do not have to compare myself to any other person. I am confident that I am unique in my own special way.  I am confident in my ability to not meet a stranger. I am confident in my high heels and pencil skirt. I am confident that there will be people that I encounter that do not like me and that is good with me because the ones that do like me far outweigh the ones that don't.  I am confident that there will be let downs and set backs, but I can never stop.  Stopping kills people.   I am confident that all that which I have been blessed with could be gone tomorrow and as hard as that would be I would still be okay.  And there would be a blessing in me losing it all. 

Confidence doesn't happen over night and at times is compared to vanity.  I find that tragic. I believe every woman should wake up in the morning and sprinkle a little confidence in their coffee,  cup of tea, or diet Sunkist. Then they should  put on their favorite pair of matching bra and panties before sliding into their favorite pair of heels,   (or tennis shoes or flats, whatever you are confident in), then head out into the world with their Confident, Beautiful selves.