Monday, February 11, 2013

Patricia Lynn Reilly: Imagine a Woman

Image by Elizabeth Gibbons

 This is so powerful. I had Imagine a Woman framed up on my wall for
many years. It helped me to imagine.... and gradually, over time, become... 
This is such an amazing intention to hold. Blessed be. Molly
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IMAGINE A WOMAN
Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.
Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.

Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself.
A woman who listens to her needs and desires.

Who meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past's influence on the present.
A woman who has walked through her past.

Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman who authors her own life.
A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf.
Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods.
A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.
Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body.
A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.
Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.


Imagine a woman who honors the body of the Goddess in her changing body.
A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom.
Who refuses to use her life-energy disguising the changes in her body and life.


Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.
A woman who sits in circles of women.
Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.


Imagine yourself as this woman. 

~© Patricia Lynn Reilly, 1995


from Wisdom of the Sacred Feminine

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