Love the 40 Year-old Mean Girl
September 3, 2010
We have all met her. She is intelligent, beautiful, successful, and athletic. When you are introduced to her, she looks you up and down with a bit of attitude and barely acknowledges you. Depending on how you are feeling, you may be intimidated by the experience or frustrated and simply call her the “B” word in your mind. If you find yourself in her presence more then once, you may find yourself either trying to get her attention and approval or alternatively referring to her as the “B” woman when you speak about her. None of the above has value. We know this, but somehow get caught up in it.
What is valuable is loving the mean girl. Yes, love the mean girl. If you are happy (truly happy, not socially-conditioned fake happy), you have no need to be mean or judgmental of others. It’s that simple.
So, love the mean girl, even the mean girl you may encounter within yourself at times. Me???? I was telling Donna I wanted to write about the mean girl and Donna mentioned we should also look at ourselves. Good point! I am often reminded by the people I love that I have a very serious expression. It’s possible that I may pass as a mean girl at times. Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
Let’s make a promise to smile more, breathe more, and believe in the human potential, including the potential of the mean girl in all of us.
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