To the Woman Who Forgot Herself Part 3

[00:18.37]“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?”
“Lynda.” “Lynda who?”
[00:23.21]‘Lynda: Rooted&Real.’
So, this is your third episode
[00:29.85]for you, the woman who got forgotten.
[00:36.13]So today’s, ‘You Can Start Again’.
[00:39.93]So to the woman who thinks
it’s too late, it’s not.
[00:44.25]You can start again.
[00:46.29]At 30, at 40, at 55, even at 70.
[00:53.05]Your timeline is not ruined, okay?
[00:55.65]Maybe you put your career
on pause for your family.
[00:58.25]Maybe your marriage ended and
you had to rebuild from zero.
[01:02.61]Maybe you looked up and realised you
built a life that doesn’t fit you anymore.
[01:08.81]And now that voice says,
“It’s too late for me.
[01:13.13]I missed my chance, ‘woiye’ (pity on me).”
But who told you there was a
[01:17.05]deadline becoming yourself?
You’re not behind.
[01:20.61]You’re on your own path.
[01:22.45]Those years you spent surviving, raising,
giving, holding it together,
[01:27.37]they were not wasted.
[01:29.13]They were training.
[01:30.69]They gave you wisdom,
Resilience, compassion, patience,
[01:36.81]self-control that a
20-year-old doesn’t have.
[01:41.05]So yes, you can start again.
[01:44.49]You can go back to school.
[01:46.45]You can start that small
business from your kitchen table.
[01:49.21]You can leave that relationship.
[01:52.13]You can learn to be alone and love it.
[01:55.85]You can pick up that old hobby and
be terrible at it and love it anyway.
[02:03.57]Starting again doesn’t
mean you failed before.
[02:06.21]It means you’re brave enough
to choose yourself now.
[02:10.53]No one is going to give you
permission, so guess what?
[02:14.05]I’m giving it to you.
[02:16.29]Permission to rewrite your story.
[02:19.69]Permission to be a beginner again.
[02:24.09]Your age is not a limit.
[02:26.09]It’s leverage.
[02:28.33]The woman you are
needs the woman you were to get here.
[02:37.53]So take that first, messy,
imperfect, scary step.
[02:43.13]You can start again.
[02:45.69]And yes, you can start today.