{"id":3588,"date":"2014-05-19T08:04:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2014-05-31T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T17:48:36","slug":"the-magical-and-miraculous-phenomenal-woman-how-you-change-the-world-simply-by-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/05\/the-magical-and-miraculous-phenomenal-woman-how-you-change-the-world-simply-by-showing-up.html","title":{"rendered":"The Magical and Miraculous Phenomenal Woman: Four Pack of Inspiring Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our power will not be squashed. \u00a0It will be celebrated. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meryl Streep\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to the Elephant like Internet record banks the introductory remarks of Meryl Streep fresh off winning the Academy Award for playing Margaret Thatcher speaking in tribute to Hilary Clinton at Tina Brown’s Women in the World<\/a> 2012 introduces one of the world’s most dedicated activists in the empowerment of women Hilary Clinton from her unique perspective.<\/p>\n

“I am an actress. \u00a0Hilary is the real deal.”<\/p>\n

Striking the perfect note of insight, with the recognition and understanding of the role each of us is here to play as the worlds of the Actor and Activism find an intersection point.<\/p>\n

Remembering the anger and distaste that came up in my neighborhood as a kid when Hilary Clinton ‘stood by her man,’ then when she ran for office becoming Senator Clinton of New York, eventually losing her Presidential bid and accepting the position of Secretary of State to remain in service to her beliefs, and, when, pretty much anything that Hilary Clinton has done comes up.<\/span><\/p>\n

I never got it. \u00a0Here is someone who puts the truth of service first holding space for the greater good beyond circumstance.<\/p>\n

So, why the polarized reactions.<\/p>\n

“I have fought every day of my life.” \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Meryl Streep delivers the line as\u00a0<\/span>The Iron Lady<\/a> i<\/em>t is a cry of the universal female telltale heart. \u00a0Every woman understands this fight, this piece of understanding of the completeness that is a woman’s role in society. \u00a0Everyday waking up to feed hungry children, to look at the world through the holistic practical eyes owned in the birthright of the feminine. \u00a0This fierceness of belief in doing what needs to be done because we know what it means to carry life into being, to incubate ideas, to be a Mother Earth representative in the breach of change, to demonstrate shining light in our communities nourishing what needs nourishing and remembering no matter what befalls the effort, in showing up, and playing the part we were born to play destiny is delivered. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Acting the role of Margret Thatcher is different than being Margaret Thatcher but through the eyes of this celebrated Actress who has delivered iconic, archetypal female characters one after the other at the depths of the truth in what it takes to be a women in today’s society you feel the role women embody in our communities around the planet. \u00a0 Ms. Streep is a light to the many voices and one expression of the female in contemporary society. \u00a0A review of her work reveals the pantheon of opportunities available for women to rise into the fullness of the hero’s journey to have a voice, to speak the truth and to overcome adversity in the accomplishment of a life’s purpose. \u00a0Ms Streep projects the truth in imaginary and very real events and when she stands and delivers\u00a0<\/span>“I have fought every day of my life” \u00a0the story is transcended as Ms. Streep’s work always does, echoing the persistence of the inner struggles that over the centuries showcase the acceptance that we are powerful beyond measure and in recognizing this we can honor and celebrate each other without the need for judgment and dimming of our talents. \u00a0With her body of work Ms. Streep stands and delivers in the corner of the world she occupies with no apology.<\/p>\n

Continuing her own experience at the intersection of storytelling and reality Ms. Streep shared what \u00a0she witnessed after a staged reading of the stories of women who had risked their life against injustice…<\/p>\n