{"id":645,"date":"2011-07-18T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/?p=645"},"modified":"2011-07-18T13:54:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:54:02","slug":"virginia-woolf-said-no-need-to-sparkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/07\/virginia-woolf-said-no-need-to-sparkle.html","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Woolf Said, &#8220;No need to sparkle&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>no need to shine.&#8221;\u00a0 The dragonfly disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>The iridescent sparkle of the dragonfly is disarming to many of its predators.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion is easily drawn!\u00a0 Particularly in business, women are encouraged to flail themselves into the competitive fray of business in serious-looking suits and vocabulary that might take down a WWW Federation champion.<\/p>\n<p>And here is the model of the dragonfly&#8230;the natural sparkle and shine of its iridescent wings act as a disincentive &#8211; a deflector.<\/p>\n<p>I can recall, beginning in second grade,\u00a0 questions that have been asked of me all my life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who wrote this for you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where did you get this idea?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who taught you that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An&#8221;advocate&#8221; of mine in high school put in writing, &#8220;She&#8217;s not that bright but her compassion shines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With a lifelong penchant for the underdog (with plenty of underdog in my self!) I have long embraced my sparkle.\u00a0 And not been &#8220;taken seriously&#8221; for the sake of it.\u00a0 And yet, unwilling to give up my sparkle, I just keep on shining.\u00a0 It is not the way of of business, but is my way IN business.\u00a0 And that makes it the best way for me.\u00a0 This is my lesson from the shine of the dragon fly&#8217;s wings.\u00a0 What might your lesson be?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>no need to shine.&#8221;\u00a0 The dragonfly disagrees. The iridescent sparkle of the dragonfly is disarming to many of its predators. The conclusion is easily drawn!\u00a0 Particularly in business, women are encouraged to flail themselves into the competitive fray of business in serious-looking suits and vocabulary that might take down a WWW Federation champion. 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