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The Lady Is A Leader And She Was Born To Do This!

Many have asked how did The Lady Is A Leader evolve, and where did she come from? The second part of the question regarding the Lady Leader movement many women ask is "how do I get there"?

The Lady is a Leader movement was born out of a book, I wrote nearly a decade ago. The Lady Is A Leader was written to express to women from all facets of life, The Lady Is A Leader was written to express to women from all facets of life, and give them opportunity celebrate their very being.

I began to encounter along my journey women who envied, and idolized what they thought was the perfect appearance of leadership. Little did these women neither realize nor recognize they themselves were and are some of the greatest leaders on this planet!

Women from the pillow to the pew and from the pew to the pulpit each experience similarities which left covered and smothered would appear extremely diverse. Each of these women wanted to be positioned to be loved, accepted and celebrated.

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The Lady Leaders I began to meet would share the experiences of motherhood, I would see their eyes light up, when they spoke of their offspring-yet they would complete their statement with, "I'm only a mom". These women could schedule pre-school, soccer, basket-ball practice, choir rehearsal, and facilitate a corporate meeting while stirring dinner in the crock pot and removing baked bread from the oven...yet she ends her statement with "I'm only a mom".

These phenomenal women which I would look upon with awe, could walk into a setting dripping in grief and despair, sadness and the scent of tiredness floating throughout the air, and could motivate, excite, engage and empower women to rise up and walk in their God given gifts! These women would ignite a spark in the lives of others to provoke them to further their education, grow in their spiritual walk, cultivate positive relationships and divorce toxic forces in their lives, yet they would complete a statement with..."I'm only a this, or I'm only a that".

I became so enraged at the fact that society has categorized leadership as being associated with a title, a degree, economic or social background. The stereotype of being a leader should not be associated with the label of your clothing or the handbag on your shoulder.

I saw leadership in so many facets, and I saw it in various people, some looked like me, and some didn't. Some sounded like me, and some didn't. There were even those whose dialect resembled mine, and yet there were many that didn't. I witnessed leadership in kitchens, and I viewed leadership in offices. I glanced at leadership riding buses, and I also had the opportunity to observe leadership driving automobiles. I even saw leadership displayed in pulpits, as well as embraced in pews.

I began to pray, and ask God how I could make a difference. What impact could I make as a black female from the South, born in the 60's with numerous strikes against me? I will never forget the day, "The Lady Is A Leader" was born, the labor was excruciating, but when the stream burst...I knew at that very moment...I was born to do this!

You see I HAD to witness the pain in the eyes of others, as well as in the mirror of my life. I HAD to feel the loneliness associated with leadership, and having my life exposed in the stirrups of life...unmasked for everyone to see!

Therefore when I began to write the Lady Is A Leader, I could pen it with passion and with pain. I would know what it feels like to PUSH- Pray Until Something Happens! I could empathize with women who carried and with those who miscarried.

How do you become a Lady Leader? I believe you already are, in some form or fashion you have influence, my desire is that you never become so engulfed with the value in someone else that you diminish the God given value within yourself. Celebrate the glory placed ever so carefully within you, and begin your story. Your journey is so unique and ever so precious, as well as priceless. Yes you are a Lady Leader, and you were born to do this!

I know there are many of you who are reading this have your very own experiences, your very own story, your novel which only you can write in its entirety. But this one thing I do know, God gave me The Lady Is A Leader Movement to walk with Women of Power all across the globe. And at all costs...I Am A Lady Leader and I Was Born TO DO THIS!