And Part Two of Patricia Lynn Reilly’s Imagine A Woman

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 color 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.
 

Try this ONE thing

As you read this poem, which parts speak especially to you? Which parts need strengthening so that you are this woman?

 

Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.

The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.

When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!