Note to Myself # 10

Too many little girls are taught

to be nice

to color inside the lines

to squelch their anger

to put others first always.

But wholeness comes

from integrating light and shadow.

Anger signals boundary violations

and the need to teach others 

what is acceptable

and what won't be tolerated.

Putting others first all the damn time

just makes us feel depleted 

taken for granted

and unimportant except as a functionary 

for others.

Be your WHOLE quirky beautiful self

not some truncated, socially prescribed version

of yourself.