"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Lynda." "Lynda who?"
'Lynda: Rooted&Real.' So, this is your third episode
for you, the woman who got forgotten.
So today's, 'You Can Start Again'.
So to the woman who thinks it's too late, it's not.
You can start again.
At 30, at 40, at 55, even at 70.
Your timeline is not ruined, okay?
Maybe you put your career on pause for your family.
Maybe your marriage ended and you had to rebuild from zero.
Maybe you looked up and realised you built a life that doesn't fit you anymore.
And now that voice says, "It's too late for me.
I missed my chance, 'woiye' (pity on me)." But who told you there was a
deadline becoming yourself? You're not behind.
You're on your own path.
Those years you spent surviving, raising, giving, holding it together,
they were not wasted.
They were training.
They gave you wisdom, Resilience, compassion, patience,
self-control that a 20-year-old doesn't have.
So yes, you can start again.
You can go back to school.
You can start that small business from your kitchen table.
You can leave that relationship.
You can learn to be alone and love it.
You can pick up that old hobby and be terrible at it and love it anyway.
Starting again doesn't mean you failed before.
It means you're brave enough to choose yourself now.
No one is going to give you permission, so guess what?
I'm giving it to you.
Permission to rewrite your story.
Permission to be a beginner again.
Your age is not a limit.
It's leverage.
The woman you are needs the woman you were to get here.
So take that first, messy, imperfect, scary step.
You can start again.
And yes, you can start today.