Patricia Lynn Reilly: Imagine a Woman

Imagine a Woman I

 

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 a shameless woman who is full of herself.

A powerful woman who has awakened to the truth about herself,

A courageous woman who has assumed her rightful place beside men,

A wise woman whose beliefs about herself are reflected in all her relationships.

 

Imagine yourself as this woman.

 

Patricia Lynn Reilly, A God Who Looks Like Me

www.imagineAwoman.com