IMAGINE A WOMAN  - by Patricia Lynn Reilly
 

Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman.


A woman who honours 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 believes it is right and good she is a woman.


A woman who honours 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 honours 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. 

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Imagine a woman who is interested in her own life.
A woman who embraces her life as teacher, healer, and challenge.


Who is grateful for the ordinary moments of beauty and grace.


Imagine a woman who participates in her own life.


A woman who meets each challenge with creativity.


Who takes action on her own behalf with clarity and strength.


Imagine a woman who has crafted a fully-formed solitude.


A woman who is available to herself.


Who chooses friends and lovers with the capacity to respect her solitude.

Imagine a woman who acknowledges the full range of human emotion.


A woman who expresses her feelings clearly and directly.


Who allows them to pass through her as naturally as the breath.


Imagine a woman who tells the truth.


A woman who trusts her experience of the world and expresses it.


Who refuses to defer to the perceptions, thoughts, and responses of others.


Imagine a woman who follows her creative impulses.


A woman who produces original creations.


Who refuses to colour inside someone else's lines.


Imagine a woman who has relinquished the desire for intellectual approval.


A woman who makes a powerful statement with every action she takes.


Who asserts to herself the right to reorder the world.


Imagine a woman who has grown in knowledge and love of herself.


A woman who has vowed faithfulness to her own life.


Who remains loyal to herself. Regardless.


Imagine yourself as this woman.