What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
In precolonial Philippines the women were valuable in counsel, spiritual guidance, trained in warfare, and allowed to have independent wealth.
This energy and intuition brought balance and insight, especially when the leaders of different groups met to resolve disputes or create strategic alliances.
Today, we see glimmers of this in the FMA community and beyond.
There’s always a crowd to celebrate you, put you on a pedastal when you have a title, status, or money.
When you “fall” or “fail”, many people, sometimes even your own family will discard, shun, sweep you under the rug… because you are no longer living for their illusion of you, you are living your own reality for yourself.
Please teach your children and support your loved ones to be happy, whole, healthy individuals… not trophies or projections of your failings and fears.
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