Lady Jane Digby

On the subject of strong women, I read a book a couple of years ago about the english aristocrat Lady Jane Digby and she’s often been in my thoughts since then. She was a beautiful, passionate woman who was born in England at the beginning of the 19th century.

I find her so inspiring, she was driven by love and passion and in those days she obviuosly caused an enormous scandal – the book’s title is ’’A Scandalous Life’’. Yet she believed in her inner truth and the events of her life took her through Europe, where she was married to two kings, and finally to Syria, where she lived the rest of her life in Damscus with her Sheikh husband.

What inspires me so much is her courage, her faith in love, her faith in herself and the fact that she never compromised with her own life. She was very feminine, not a warrior type woman, but what she did over 200 years ago and the choices she made in life are still very relevant for the modern woman of today. Many times, just thinking about her has given me the courage to recognize my own path in life.