All of my life, I have struggled. I have sometimes perservered and succeeded and sometimes tried and failed miserably.The thing I did for way too long, was listen to people who did not think I was capable of pursuing my dreams.
Guess what? I did succeed at my first goal of graduating from college. I did accomplish getting a job and then a better job. And this is not the end of the road for me professionally.
In the face of being told that I can not pursue my dreams in the way I have forseen... I look for alternatives while I perservere on the current front. Although I may not be good enough, I still want to try. Trying is how I learn how to succeed.
It makes me really angry when people tell me that I'm not good enough -- especially when they are not the ones who would decide my fate. Perhaps they are correct. And most probably, they ARE correct in their assumption that I will fail or worse, not even be able to begin.
However, that is not the point. A word of caution is one thing... a word of patronage is quite another. I don't appreciate being told by friends or family members that "perhaps you could do that... but only because you're a woman."
Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive, but this is my future, and I intend to protect it so it can continue to grow. All I wanted was support. Am I so wrong to be defensive toward my goals? Or, is it that I am "just a woman" and am not really taken seriously in the first place?
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