Imagine A Woman
Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good 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 trusts and respects herself.

A woman who listens to her needs and desires.

Who meets them with tenderness and grace.
Imagine a woman who has acknowledged 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 experts, 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 believes her body is enough, just as it is.

Who celebrates her body’s rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.
Imagine a woman who honors 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 precious 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.

BY PATRICIA LYNN REILLY
From Imagine A Woman in Love With Herself