While the power of the written word is strong, the power of the spoken word is infinitely stronger. Whenever I’m feeling tired or upset about anything, I listen to some of my favorite songs as a simple fix to recharge. If you’re ever lacking energy or confidence, listen to some motivational songs. You are a confident individual and no one can tell you otherwise. If you take time to care for yourself, you’ll be able to think clearly about everything that’s happening and how you can make an impact. Take a walk outside, meditate, go to the gym, read a book or do yoga. One of the simplest ways to take a minute and recuperate is to spend time taking care of yourself. Here are some ways you can - or at least try to - do so. If any time is the appropriate time to do so, it’s now. When everything seems to be out of control and feels like an entire mess, sometimes one of the most important things we can do is take a step back and decompress. Yet as I continue to grow up in a time ever so important as now, I’ve realized that the best thing we can do is speak up, find a support system and take time for ourselves.
And I am frustrated that we worry about speaking up. I am frustrated that we feel scared and objectified in more ways than we’d like to ever fathom. I am frustrated with the way women are repeatedly put down and mistreated. I can wholeheartedly say that I’m frustrated.
TAKE MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS STILL COMIN OUT STRONG FULL
More often than not (and I can say this from personal experience), it takes courage to speak up and feel comfortable in a room or industry full of men. Perhaps I didn’t notice the skewed ratio of boys to girls in my math class sooner than that day because I’m lucky to say that I have a strong support system in my classmates and my professor, who is a female teaching a difficult subject in a male-dominated field. Yet this isn’t always the case. There were fewer than 10 girls in a room of nearly 40 people - maybe 11, including our professor. They take my kindness for weakness Still comin' out strong ( Yeah, comin') Still comin' out strong ( Yeah, comin') Still comin' out strong Take my kindness for weakness Still comin' out strong ( Yeah, comin') Still comin' out strong ( Still comin') Still comin' out.One, two, three … The sun was streaming into my classroom as I absentmindedly counted away in my upper-division math lecture. I might end up with your ho if I take one (Still comin') Now days if they don't have a story, they gon' make one (Still comin') Last night I gave my heart to a fake one (Still comin') I done end up on the blogs with the wrong one (Still comin') It's hard to tell the real stories from the fake ones (Yeah, comin') 'Cause now days if they don't got it they'll make one (Still comin') The only time I feel alive when I take (Still comin') I wanna vent but I know it ain't safe (Still comin') Must be out of your mind, do you know who I am? (Do you know who I am?) Used to hit it from behind, do you know who I am? (Never say my name) I can't give you all my time, do you know who I am? (Give you my t-) Make you fall in love tonight, must don't know who I am, I am I showed you a million, no videos (No videos) I opened up Bentley doors, I invented doors (I invented) Bodies droppin' and we duckin' the law If you the one to take the blame, you can't say what you saw, no They take my kindness for weakness Still comin' out strong Still comin' out strong Still comin' out strong Take my kindness for weakness Still comin' out strong Still comin' out strong Still comin' out.