A Reason I Signed Up!

I am reading “Miracles Happen” by Mary Kay Ash.  I am not even to page 10 and feel the need to share what she says. 

She has been telling how she got her business going  and then giving credit to her family as they are a huge part of what she started. She then says this: “Still, I’m not certain that any  person can take total credit for the success of my dream. A friend of mine once said, ‘Mary Kay Cosmetics was a divine accident looking for a place to happen.’ And I think this is correct. In 1963, the social forces that now support the financial and legal equality of women had not gained public favor. And yet, here was a company that would give women all the opportunities I had never had. I don’t think God wanted a world in which a woman would have to work fourteen hours a day to support her family, as my mother had done. I believe He used this company as a vehicle to give women a chance. And I feel very humble and very fortunate to have had a part in showing other women the way.”

To a tom-boy such as myself, this is a little miracle! It’s mind-blowing! See, I thought makeup was a shallow thing, and I admit, it sometimes is, but through Mary Kay I can be part of a bigger cosmetic picture. There is beauty in dressing up, in playing with color on our face, with supporting women and our causes, and above all having a good time! Thank you Mary Kay Ash for paving a way for me!