Honor. Love. Respect.
Being that today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, I wanted to share with you a woman that I admire.
I’ve been an admirer of Tristan Prettyman for about a year now; following her music, her blog, been to a few shows where she’s played, met her fiancé and the community of musicians she’s played with and we even go to the same yoga studio, yet I have never had the pleasure of meeting her. With how closely her words hit me and the views that we share on life and love, I swear we were the best of friends. May sound crazy to some, but we all have that person we look up to from afar, we’re just usually too afraid to admit it. She is an amazing woman and her words and music have been a big influence on my life lately and I have no problem admitting that.
We live in a society today where women tend to tear each other down instead of bringing each other up and are just not supportive of each others happiness. It’s as if we are ashamed to acknowledge that we do actually look up to other women for guidance or that we truly are happy for them when a great opportunity comes their way. I am definitely choosing to be supportive and grateful of the positive women in my life and I am not feeling shame in sharing their greatness with others.
There are many of days that I check Tristan’s blog and it’s as if she is writing to me or about me. It could be anything from the struggle she has with her own self, her career path, her friendships, her past or current loves (although I must say she has her current one pretty perfected) or simply just the indecisiveness of what to wear. They are all just so relative. They are relative to me, to her fans and I’m sure to any one that may stumble upon her writings. Take for instance her blog from today, where she discusses the struggle of knowing what path to take in life or what roles we should take on as a woman in todays society. It’s what so many of us are thinking just never discussing or addressing. It’s what we are too afraid to say. She reminds me and everyone else, that it is okay to have that internal struggle, to realize that there is no right or wrong, that there is no rule book to follow, that we are allowed to do what we want to do and to just do it out of love. And you know what, she is right. And I thank her for the voice that so many of us are afraid to use.
I know someday our paths will cross and I’ll be able to thank her in person for being such an amazing woman and influence in my life. But for now I share with you the rest of her writings from today and the beautiful blog she has created in hopes that it brings you some inspiration or a better understanding of yourself.
Happy International Women’s Day to all those unbelievable women in my life, you truly mean the world to me.
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