{"id":165,"date":"2010-12-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/2010\/12\/imagine-a-woman.html"},"modified":"2010-12-31T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T10:00:00","slug":"imagine-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2010\/12\/imagine-a-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"Imagine A Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The last line of yesterday&#8217;s post, &#8220;The Decade of the Woman is Upon Us,&#8221; was &#8220;I&#8217;m imagining a world run cooperatively by conscious men and women. How about you?&#8221; What a wonderful segue to this well known and well loved poem, the final post of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Let us ring in the New Year and the New Decade with this declaration of Self-esteem and sovereignty on our minds and in our hearts<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Imagine A Woman<\/b><br \/>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagineawoman.com\/home\/\">Patricia Lynn Reilly<\/a> <br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. <br \/>A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.<br \/>Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who believes she is good.<br \/>A woman who trusts and respects herself.<br \/>Who listens to her needs and desires, and meets them with tenderness and grace.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the past&#8217;s influence on the present.<br \/>A woman who has walked through her past.<br \/>Who has healed into the present.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who authors her own life.<br \/>A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf.<br \/>Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and to her wisest voice.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who names her own gods.<br \/>A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.<br \/>Who designs her own spirituality and allows it to inform her daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman in love with her own body.<br \/>A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.<br \/>Who celebrates her body and its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource. <\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who honors the face of the Goddess in her changing face.<br \/>A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom. <br \/>Who refuses to use precious energy disguising the changes in her body and life.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a woman who values the women in her life. <br \/>A woman who sits in circles of women.<br \/>Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine yourself as this woman. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">CONSULT THE MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><br \/>Queen Mama Donna offers upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last line of yesterday&#8217;s post, &#8220;The Decade of the Woman is Upon Us,&#8221; was &#8220;I&#8217;m imagining a world run cooperatively by conscious men and women. How about you?&#8221; What a wonderful segue to this well known and well loved poem, the final post of the year. 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