Windows of a Woman
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HER WINDOW OF TIME
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven…
According to society a woman has a window of time to have her first kiss, to fall in love, get married, have a child, secure a great career, and live a fairy tale. More often than not the timeframe is before she reaches the age thirty. As women we should not feel pressured or stressed by these predetermined time lines. It is unwise to set arbitrary and capricious dates that are meaningless and cause unnecessary stress and anxiety in our lives. These kinds of rigid goals may lead to headaches, feelings of low self-esteem, depression and self doubt, especially when you fail to achieve the goal by a meaningless self-imposed or politically correct date. More importantly many of the events listed above should not be rushed into or entered into lightly because we, society or our friends state that it should happen by a certain age. I understand that you may feel it should have happened by now, but remember “to everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven…” Do not rush situations or try to manufacturer circumstances to fit a fairy tale! Let time play the song that God has pre-determined for your life.
In my own life I have made the mistake of putting unnecessary pressure upon myself by requiring that I complete my degree by this age, own a home by this age and obtain my graduate degree by this age. Do you want to know something? It never worked. The world will not end if your perfect plans do not happen. What I've learned over the years is that it is unwise to rush life. You need to ask yourself why you are in such a hurry, and if you answer the question based on superficial appearances then you need to slow down and reevaluate your goals. What I mean by superficial appearances is that you are seeking to achieve the goal because it looks good to those on the outside. However, if trying to achieve the goal makes you feel anxious, nervous, doubtful, and insecure, you should seriously reconsider both your goals and timetable. Time should not be rushed but enjoyed. Every minute and moment should be soaked up for lasting memories, and not over packed with unrealistic fantasies.
Life teaches you that there are many lessons that must be learned along its' journey if you are to lay hold on to true success. Therefore, do not rush life's process. How many people do you know who got married prematurely for all the wrong reasons or decided to have children because their biological clock's alarm sounded? It is a grave mistake to rush into life altering decisions without weighing the consequences. There are enough decisions that we have to make as women that have mandatory deadlines associated with them without us creating new ones i.e., emergency surgery must be scheduled in two weeks to remove the growth from your breast or fibroid tumors from your uterus.
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A Fingertip Resource Tool for Women
Windows of a Woman is a poignant, powerful, and productive book for women who want to balance the weight of family, faith, and career. Windows of a Woman takles difficult issues that women face with simple and sound solutions.
The book declares that the day and the myth of the Superwoman are over. Women can’t bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, change little Johnnie’s diaper, volunteer for the PTA, make the project deadline, maintain a cover girl’s image, keep an immaculate home, and never let their husbands forget they are men.
As women, we need to learn that we can’t do it all, have it all, and expect there to be no problems regardless of what the song says. I’m going to share with you what I wish someone would have shared with me. You control your own life, or it will control you. There is a reason why women lead in heart disease, suffer with hypertension, fight against obesity, and struggle with depression. It is because many women fail get the proper amount of rest, renewal and refreshing in life.
Balancing the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood, career and faith are challenging. Let go of the world’s expectations of who you are suppose to be and embrace realistic and godly goals to achieve balance in your life.
About the Author
A working mother, wife, full-time corporate employee, friend, sister and brand new author Catina Harris has penned a fresh new book to help women achieve balance in life. Catina is a sought after speaker for women’s functions and various occasions. She juggles the increased responsibilities of life and has developed a strategy to incorporate real time to relax, relate to her friends and family, and increase her faith.
She has written a poignant, powerful and productive book for women who want to balance the weight of family, faith, and career. Windows of a Woman tackles difficult issues that women face with simple and sound solutions. Catina speaks from experience, with authority and has creditability with achieving balance in life. She is married with three children who are all under the age of five, a full-time corporate employee, and an active participant in society.
Windows of a Woman shares with women how to achieve what they need for themselves in life, by explaining in straightforward terms the harmful consequences of what will happen if they fail to take real time to refresh themselves.
Catina works as a senior project manager for a Fortune 250 company. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor degree in law. She currently teaches a weekly teleconference bible study on Thursday evenings for the Fountain of Life ministries.