{"id":17,"date":"2012-10-12T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2012-11-16T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T17:04:19","slug":"on-being-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/on-being-a-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"ON BEING A GIRL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pippi and I and One of My Favorite Nieces, Artemis–Who Just Happened to Arrive at Starbucks with Her Mom at the Very Same time As Us (totally unplanned).<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pippi vs. the Banana Cake (Pippi won). My Mom Made the Smocked Dress She’s Wearing (William Morris Print Fabric).<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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October 11, 2012 was the Earth’s first ever International Day of the Girl. I celebrated with 2 of my daughters and my niece at Star Bucks while my other daughter was at her volleyball game. I came across a few quotations, by famous women on CNN. The women were asked what they’d tell their 15 year old self? The below quotes are my personal favorites from CNN Online–except for the last 3, they are quotations by me (Mix Hart) and \u00a0my 15 year old daughter, Mistaya and my 12 year old daughter Tabitha (because she really wanted to get her 2 cents in). I asked them what they’d tell their 40 year old self if they could speak to her now. The quotes are powerful and really make me think, even cry at memories of some of my biggest setbacks and hopes for the future.<\/p>\n

To all my fellow sisters on Earth today: we hold nature’s strongest bond in our DNA, the XX. \u00a0We first must nurture ourselves and then lead the world.<\/b><\/p>\n

What Would You Say to Your 15 Year-old Self?<\/u><\/b>
“Many things–especially your biggest heartbreaks–will only make sense as you look back, not as you are experiencing them. Many of what seem at the time to be your biggest setbacks will end up leading to your biggest opportunities, and in ways you can’t predict<\/i>.<\/span>” Arianna Huffington, Editor in Chief. Huffington Post.<\/p>\n

“You have no ides how the future will unfold. But it will unfold, slowly and quickly and slowly again. In ways that you cannot now begin to imagine…Relax and let the future arrive on its won time and in its own way. Allow yourself to be astonished<\/span><\/i>.” Robin Bernstein, \u00a0Harvard\u00a0Historian.<\/p>\n

“Keep going, follow your passions and become engaged with the world and stay true to your self<\/span>.<\/i>“
\u00a0Melanie Verveer, US Ambassador at large for Global Women’s Issues.<\/span>

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“<\/span>Don’t be discouraged if there aren’t enough role models paving the way for you. Imagine the future as you want it to be and you will succee<\/span><\/i>d<\/span>.”<\/span>
Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.<\/span>

<\/span>“<\/span>Never think that someone else knows what’s best for you. Trust your way and don’t ask for much advice. Learn how to be quiet and still enough to hear your own voice. Its up to you: your voice will either be silenced or will get to roa<\/i>r.<\/span>” Maria Shriver, Activist, Journalist.<\/span>

<\/span>“<\/span>Each day of your life, continue to educate and challenge yourself to grow intellectually, creatively, spiritually, socially and physically stronger<\/i><\/span>. . .\u00a0<\/span>O<\/span><\/i>ne’s<\/span><\/i>\u00a0success cannot be measure by units in time, it is the culmination of how one has lived an entire life<\/i><\/span>. . .\u00a0<\/span>Hope is the key to success and doubt the key to failure<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>” Mix Hart, Author, Artist, Activist and Adventurer (sorry, I couldn’t resist, the ‘A’ words just kept flowing).<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>What Would You, being 15, Say to Your 40 year-old Self?<\/u><\/b><\/span>
“<\/span>Always be able to connect and relate to youth…Keep a circle of friends and have it include at least one really good friend…Keep current with fashion and hold onto your passion for music.<\/span><\/i>” Mistaya age 15, Student, Dancer and Musician.<\/span>

<\/span>“<\/span>Don’t try to be cool,<\/span><\/i>” Tabitha age 12, Student, Singer, Musician and Soccer player.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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