I've been reading Jane Eyre this week. It's one of my favorite books (and movies!). This afternoon I came across a quote I really liked, and it reminded me of something very similar that my pastor preached last week.
Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.
I love to do "girly" things, and anyone who knows me, knows that I spend hours upon hours each and every day working with my hands making pretty little things which requires very little exercising of my faculties. However, I just find it happy to know that I am not limited, and as I am able, I do find it rewarding to take up my studies and always appreciate discussing difficult issues, endeavoring after truth, and seeking wisdom where it is to be found.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7
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