Each year we like to recast a spotlight on the amazing Southern women we’ve featured in our FACES series throughout the year. We gather and repeat the best advice they treasure and graciously shared with us. So, just in time for the launch of a new year, we’ve compiled all of their advice, and we hope to glean some inspiration and insight to carry with you through another beautiful year. Here’s to an amazing 2019!
What’s your best advice?
Shreya Mantha: “We can all make an impact, and no one is ever too young to start making a difference in their community. To make a change, get to know your community and its needs, begin now and begin small. Think of long-term impact. You have the power to make an impact if you put your mind to it and make a consistent effort.” Image: Nilaya Sabnis on behalf of L’Oréal Paris
C: “‘Never take the first room the hotel gives you.’ — my mother.” Image: Ashley Hylbert
Donna Hopkins: “A friend of mine told me something like ‘We only get to live this life one time, and we can’t go back and change anything about what has happened. We can only move forward.’ So I think the best advice I’ve heard from somebody is don’t waste time because you only have one life to live. And I believe that totally, and I don’t want people to go through what I’ve gone through to realize that. I was already doing that, but now I’m really digging into living everyday as if it will be my last day.”
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles: “Be fearless.”
Get to know even more amazing Southern women in our FACES archives. Click HERE!