This quotation is a truth few of us consider when we think about our lives as women. We live our lives (for the most part) in the company of men. Some of us have children. Some of us don't. Some of us work outside the home. Some of us, inside the home.

But when you think about your life as a woman, how aware are you of your need for self-nurture? How often do you think about what you need to be effective in life and sufficiently resilient to live in a
world that often asks women to hold up more than their fair share of the sky?

Because Mao Zedong provided a rather conservative estimate when saying we hold up only "half" of it.