Photo Challenge: Wish For International Women’s Day #IWD2017
“I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.” Mary Shelley
Photo Challenge: Wish For International Women’s Day #IWD2017
Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don’t just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding. Mary Lambert
My biggest aspiration is to inspire people to do good. I believe that our wish for a harmonious world begins and ends with doing good. To inspire and empower…Shari Arison
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. Simone de Beauvoir
Today is International Women’s Day, and we have come a long way, with more goals to accomplish. While this day has been celebrated since the early 1900s, its history has been fraught with setbacks and denials. But we are tough, nd the journey continues. The quotes above and below express my many wishes for our gender and for the human race.
“If I could be granted a wish, I’d shine in your eye like a jewel.” Bette Midler
Photo Challenge: Wish For International Women’s Day #IWD2017
All of us wish we’d had perfect childhoods, with a mother and father who modeled ideal parental attitudes and taught us to internalize the tenets of self-love. Many of us, however, did not. Marianne Williamson
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people’s lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. Zaha Hadid
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“You know, I don’t think any mother aims to be a single Mom. I didn’t wish for that, but it happened.” Charlize Theron
Photo Challenge: Wish For International Women’s Day #IWD2017
I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn’t see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I’m older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl. Gabourey Sidibe
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. Zora Neale Hurston
I wish that we, women and men, can find peace in our hearts to collaborate for our collective good. The shaming and blaming must stop. When we lift each other, we all benefit, so harmony is imperative. I love the message of Oprah’s holiday wish below. It applies to all seasons. Have a wonderful International Women’s Day!
“They’re my holiday wishes, and I picture this sight: You and your family on a cold winter night.
Together and safe with love in your home, surrounded by peace, no one is alone.
I wish faith were the rule and kind thoughts were shared. Just imagine this world if everyone cared.
I picture your children, tucked in their beds, with sweet expectations of the new year ahead.
I wish for hope in your heart in whatever you do. That’s the holiday dream I’m dreaming for you.” Oprah
This post was inspired by a prompt from the WP Weekly Photo Challenge Post: – Wish – For this week’s challenge, show us a wish, and let your blog be the medium through which you share it. As always, I can’t wait to see everyone’s contributions.
Have a relaxing day!
Positive Motivation Tip: May all the good you wish for yourself be spread like stars around the world.
PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All photos are from my personal collection.
Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
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Girl power!! I think this is a wonderful way for women to come together and grow together.
I think the wish you have shared that I like the most is your wish for men and women to collaborate for the collective good, for us to lift each other up. That is a wonderful wish that I would really like to see come true.
Happy International Women’s Day! I agree, as women, we need to uplift each other more. Even though we have accomplished a lot, we still have a long way to get to where we want to be.
I wish that we, women and men, can find peace in our hearts to collaborate for our collective good. This is my wish too. Beautiful post, so inspiring.
Happy International Women’s Day! My wish is that we, as women, work to empower and strengthen one another, regardless of differences.
I hadn’t seen that Oprah quote before – I loved it. She’s a wise woman … I remember watching so much of her show as a child and soaking in the things she said. Now, I look up to her as a woman in general – strong and charismatic, well-loved and business-savvy. She’s amazing, as was the sentiment of this post.
I also wish your wish. It should be all of our aim to reach equality.
I hope we find the recognition that we’ve always yearned for over the years. Equality is still tough to reach at this point but at least things are moving even if it’s a little slow. These are great photos!
In love with all those captures! and I wish a happy woman´s day to all the beautiful woman readng this post!
It was a wonderful day. I heard about the marches and such, and I hope it makes a difference. Women do so much and deserve equal pay!
Interesting thoughts.. we can all do something to change the world!
I totally agree that the shaming and blaming had to end. It’s true that “a rising tide lifts all boats”.
I think Oprah has the right idea of what most women strive for: peace, love, family, and sweet expectations for our children. I think it’s very important to celebrate our blessings, as we recognize how far we’ve come in society.
We are women,we can do always beeing ourselves!
We are strong enough for all!
What a great post for international women’s day!
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I never knew this celebration started in the early 1900s. We have come a long way, but we still a long way to go. I studied Simone De Beauvoir back in college – I love that quote!
Beautiful thoughts for International women’s day! It’s so exciting to see it be celebrated and honored across the world and in so many different ways. We have accomplished so much and have so much left to go. 🙂
It’s great to have a day to acknowledge the power of women, but it also saddens me that we actually still have the need for it. Women should be recognized everyday for all of their amazing accomplishments and contributions to this world.
This is a wonderful motivational quote and I really need it. It’s been a challenging week and I need to be ‘centered’. YOur post helped me attain that.
International Womens Day is a day to celebrate all women around the world. Equality is still not where it should be. We should be earning wages just as equally as others.
It would be very good if women and men support each other, but this still can not be realized in some parts of the world.
This is a beautiful post for womens . Day The pink flower is gorgeous such a sign of femininity.
I think that we should celebrate each other every day! We need to support, teach and love each other.
So many great quotes from so many great women. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Bette Midler’s quote is s apropos. We should make a stand to have complete control over our minds, bodies and souls. We aren’t in a competition with men.
Women’s Day is so important. Thanks for highlighting it with you message of harmony, cooperation, and imagination.
I always feel so enriched when I read your posts. Thank you!
Very empowering women. I love the words of Gabourey Sidibe the most. I used to feel that way but now I have learned to love myself more. Thank you.
I love all the quotes!
Being a women is not easy sometimes, but I always feel very empowered on International Women’s Day
My favorite quote I always post on IWE is “what’s a queen without her king? A queen!”
“The shaming and blaming must stop” Oh, how I agree! Can you just imagine what this world would be like if everyone tried to LOVE instead of HATE for 5 minutes? I guess we’ll just have to wait until we get to heaven to experience that. 🙁
I had such a positive and impactful International Women’s Day. I met with a local political group and formulated questions to ask candidates that are running for office in my community this year.
I with the Equal Rights Amendment would be passed, and it never will be. Women need to come together like the Suffragists did. Thanks
I was shocked to find out that my birthday is the same day as Women’s Day! Very empowering! My hope is that Women will some day soon be an equal to men, because we have earned it!
I only learned too late about it being IWD and wish I had clued in beforehand. Something truly amazing to celebrate, and so many great women who have accomplished so much. I hope for so much for all of us!
Collaborating for the collective good would be great. Hopefully it will only get better the more people raise awareness each year.
Men and women need to work with each other. There have been many advances for women but there are many more to be made.
Love your positive energy! All the quotes in this post are so touching, especially the one by Mary Shelley. We need to lift each other up – ladies supporting ladies is a beautiful thing. Thank you for this thought provoking post!
-Tristan
I’m not a big fan of Oprah but I really did love your quote here. And I do wish people would love one another more and not always be looking for the bad in each other.
When you say that the shaming and blaming must stop, I fully agree with you. I feel like men and women need to learn to live harmoniously in order to accomplish all of the things that either sex wants to accomplish.
Nice photo. I support International Women’s day, togetber with my wife and kids. Without my mother, i will not exist. I thank my wife for doing an excellent job for having 3 sweet little kids.
I share your sentiments that we should stop the shaming and blaming. More often than not, it is us who fight amongst ourselves and pull each other down.
When everyone around us is happy, love can be felt in the air. If we live with hatred, everything in our place will be covered with complaint and disagreements. We should choose to live in peace, forgiveness, trust and of course love in order to make wonderful memories that we can cherish until our last breath.
I like Gabourey Sidibe. She is an excellent actress. I used not to feel pretty enough because I do not look like the women on television. Then, I just read and read inspiring stories of women who have come a long way to love themselves too. We kinda feel the same way. We feel the need to be perfect always. Our vulnerabilities and flaws make us unique and amazing. We should support and help each other.
Such a beautiful message from Oprah, seems like a poem though… I’d love to see the day when we all would get along instead of fighting against each other on the regular. They say it’s important to be nice because you will never know who you are speaking to or dealing with.
I agree! Somehow fighting for equality became a competition for men and women. I also wish for peace.
I agree. We all have different roles to play, but we should still be treated with equality and respect.
I was raised by a single parent, my Mom. She is my hero, and I would not be the person I am today if not for her efforts. 🙂
I wish everyday could be a day for us to think about the rights of every man, woman and child. Regardless of colour and especially these days, religion.
My wish is for women to be free of illness. However, come to think of it, I wish everyone would be free of any illness that hinders us to reach our goals.
It’s a wonderful wish and one I can agree with. I was raised by a single mother with 2 sisters and surrounded by many aunts and of course my grandma. The women in my life are always held higher than the men though they’re pretty great too.
Such a wonderful day to celebrate. We all want the same thing. Equality to all woman. We need change.
I love this post! I agree we all need to work together to make this world better. Stop the shaming and blaming as you have said.
I agree we all need to work with each other and not against each other to make this world better. Stop the shaming and blaming as you have said. Great post!
Lovely message Eliz. Your posts are always so inspiring. Your doing such an amazing job by spreading these messages
Shaming and blaming must stop! I never couldn’t be more agreeable with this. Women should love each other and have an equality with men.
I agree. Often I wish for things I dont have looks wise but with age, I’m accepting myself more and more.
I love Mary Shelley’s quote – it would be truly amazing if all women, the world over, had power over themselves.
I know it is a bit late, but Happy International Woman’s day! This is not just on the 8th of March but it is everyday! Love the quote by Bette Midler!
I wish the same thing. Men and women should come together and work together to make things work. I think this blame and shame game as you put it has gone too far.
I love this. It is important to be proud of who you are and what you stand for and to teach that to your kids and those around you.
I love this. It is important to be proud of who you are and what you stand for and to teach that to your kids and those around you.
I wish we would all motivate eachother to be the best us that we could be. The world would be a much better place. Happy International Women’s day. <3
I really look the quote about being a single mom. It’s true. I didn’t aim for it, but it’s happened and we’re doing ok. 😃
*hug* I adore this post and to all the women in this world – let show who is boss!
My mom is the most amazing woman I know. I can only think of one time in my life when she raised her voice. When she did, there was a big pause, and then we all looked at each other and had a good laugh. It just wasn’t her. I wish I inherited that ability, but that level of patience doesn’t come easily! Happy National Women’s Day to all the amazing women out there!
It’s a lovely post and I thoroughly enjoyed all the beautiful quotes and especially Oprah’s wish. I wish we didn’t actually have a specific day for women and another for men. I wish each day all year round we could celebrate humanity as a whole.
It surprises me that this day has been “celebrated” since the early 1900’s and yet, this year, 2017, is the first I’ve ever heard of it. And, I’m a woman. We are finally on a path to awareness and hopefully real change in closing the gap.
We must always empower and encourage fellow women. Happy International Women’s Day!
I’m so happy that women are coming together to encourage and empower one another!
I wish for the same thing. I wish we could all love one another and put judgement aside.
Love the collection of photos!!! I strongly feel that we should empower each other everyday!!
For International Womens Day, I wish that the J-word will be out in our lives, coz in this simple way it will make our days more beautiful. The J-word (jealousy) ruins everything.
-blairvillanueva
I wish I could have went to one of the marches in LA. It was a very important day for women.
I, too, believe in the collective good. If we are all kinder to everyone we cross paths with it’s bound to get better!
Thank you for the wishes! Hope that every day is women day in all the world! Many women in the world are still fighting for their basic rights, we have to support each other
I agree – it is SO important for women to help each other and be supportive of each other! Love your post and take on this awesome day!
I am with you in finding peace in our hearts. And, I also want peace of mind.
Thanks for sharing!… Just kidding. This is great. Obviously women’s rights has taken a bit of a hit lately, but I love that it’s brought the fight to the forefront of everyone’s mind.
I agree 100%, the shaming and blaming must stop across the board. Lovely post!
Happy International Women’s day! Love all the quotes here, very inspiring as always 🙂 I totally agree, do good and everything will fall into right places.
These points are so true! We really do need to support each other – entrepreneurs, single moms, any age or phase of life. It’s wonderful to have a community of women to surround you. What a great day! I am so glad we are celebrating women in our day and time. <3
Indeed. I am happy and sad because while I love that we are being reminded of the work and effort it takes to move towards gender equity, I feel that some women either don’t get the importance of the work or they just don’t care about gender equity… 🙁
How could some of us be female and not give a damn about laws and restrictions that impact our gender?
A year old but the strong messages still stand true. Ultimately I think both men and women have finally come to a understanding and peace, it’s just a matter of holding on in times of being challenged once again.
Thank you for the inspiration. I totally agree that shaming and blaming should stop, and that men and women should work with each other, instead of against each other (it goes both ways). It is, unfortunately, not always seen this way.
Belated Happy International Women’s Day to you!