..................IMAGINE A WOMAN................

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 believes 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 she belongs to the world,

A woman who celebrates her own life;

Who is glad to be alive.

Imagine a woman who has acknowledged

The pasts influence on the present,

A woman who has walked through her past,

Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body,

A woman who believes her body is enough just as it is,

Who celebrates her body as a trustworthy companion

And 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 honours 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 surrender

Except to her truest self and to 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 her relationships.

Acknowledge yourself as this woman.

( Author Unknown )