Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why?

It turns out that I actually didn’t finish my 30 days of blogging challenge. Opps. You know what they say; If at first you don’t succeed…So here I am many months later, completing what I started. Or at least giving it another try.

Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why?

This one is surprisingly difficult for me. Perhaps because this really is a once in a lifetime kind of opportunity. The truth is, if I were to live someone’s life for one day, I would want it to be someone who truly inspires me. Some who isn’t just a good singer or a TV reality star. I wouldn’t just want to have a day in the life of a celebrity, I’d want a day in the life of someone who makes a difference. Who’s influence in the world is not based on what the paparazzi capture.

I managed to narrow it down to my top three influential women;

3.Etharin Cousin

2.Condoleezza Rice

1.Hillary Clinton

I’m greatly influenced by strong women with a passion for enhancing the world we live in. I greatly admire the work that Etharin Cousin has done through Feeding America and as director of the UN World Food Program. It distresses me that any child in the world would go hungry but I cannot comprehend why any child in America should go hungry. I would love be a part of educating people in foreign countries about how to provide for themselves, creating programs and providing the necessary tools for agriculture and development.

Condoleezza Rice impresses me. Need I say more? She a smart woman who won’t be pushed around by big men in political office. She’s candid, which is refreshing in politics. She is a woman who lives without limitations, showing young women that anything is possible. Holding the title of the first female African American, Secretary of State, even for a day would be awesome. Most certainly, Condoleezza Rice inspires me and shows me that in life, in America, the possibilities for greatness only end when you stop trying.

Okay, now Hillary Clinton might be an odd choice to some. There are some people who see her as Bill’s wife and not much more and that’s part of the reason why I love her. She’s come out from behind the shadow of her husband to forge her own identity. Honestly, I admire her for her determination, not only politically but during the dark times of her marriage. Hints of infidelity are enough to destroy any marriage but to face it in the public eye, in the biggest, whitest, most well know house in America. She’s given a whole new meaning to the phrase “stand by your man”.

The epitomizes the notion of there being a great woman behind every great man. She inspires me because she shows women that you can have it all,

she raised a daughter and when the time was right forged a career for herself. On her own merits. She was the first female Senator for NY, the first, First Lady to hold public office and I think this country would be in much better shape if she had been elected the first female President.