Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Patricia Lynn Reilly: Imagine a Woman

Just imagine...

   
Imagine a Woman

Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good 
that 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 believes that she is good,
A woman who trusts and respects herself,
Who listens to her own needs and desires, and then 
meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who believes that she 
belongs in the world,
A woman who celebrates her own life,
and who is glad to be alive.

Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the 
past’s influence on the present,
A woman who has walked through her past,
and who has healed into the present.

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

Imagine a woman who embraces her sexuality as her own,
A woman who delights in pleasuring herself, who experiences 
all of her erotic feelings and sensations without shame or guilt.

Imagine a woman who honors the face of the 
Goddess in her own changing face,
A woman who celebrates the accumulation
of her years and her wisdom
Who refuses to use her precious life energy to 
disguise the changes in her body and life.

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 her wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods,
A woman who imagines the divine in her own image and likeness,
Who designs her own spirituality and allows it to inform her daily 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 of her relationships.

Imagine yourself as this woman.


Patricia Lynn Reilly
From A God Who Looks Like Me


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