It seems to me that I am very, very weak, but all my aspirations and efforts are aimed at acquiring female strength - to become feminine, soft, calm, balanced, friendly. everyone, cheerful, open, self-confident. It’s very easy to be weak - you don’t need to do anything for this. But to become strong is a lot of work, perhaps the work of my whole life. What and who helps me? - husband My husband helps me become strong . Since we have been together, he has taken on all the male responsibilities in our family. He can make truly mature and wise decisions that take into account the interests of everyone. He can correctly place the emphasis in our family life, perceive my behavior soberly, make the right comments, emphasize my virtues, always encourage me, dispel doubts and fears, support me in difficult times, and take on part of my work and worries. He can look into the future, expect positive changes, hope for the best. For me, his kind attitude towards people is an example to follow. Next to me is a strong man, with whom I become more generous, calmer, more confident, more feminine. - children My children are my greatest teachers. They are the ones who help me become kinder, more patient, more loving. Next to them, my creative potential opens up, my intellectual capabilities are activated. - Faith in God It was faith in God that helped me find my place as a woman next to men. A man is always taller, he has the role of leader, the woman next to him is his assistant. It would seem like some kind of too modest and ordinary role. I don't agree. In my understanding, a woman is the soul of the family. And it depends on what kind of soul it is: whether there will be peace in the house, whether the man will be successful, whether the children will be able to find their place in life. In this regard, I recall an incident from the life of a famous church person. He says that when a couple comes to him for a blessing for marriage - he is at “3”, and she is at “5” - the bishop blesses, and if he is at “5” and the girl is at “3” - under no circumstances allows them to marry. As he explains, in the first case the wife will bring her husband up to “5”, and in the second she will lower her husband to “3”.----------- ------------Essay by a participant in the training “Being a Woman”"