IT'S A NEW DAY !!

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. - Barbara De Angelis

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Preparing to Greet the Goddess

Do not think of her
unless you are prepared
to be driven to your limits,
to rush forth from yourself
like a ritual bowl overflowing
with sacramental wine.

 Do not summon her image
 unless you are ready to be blinded,
 to stand in the flash
 of a center exploding,
 yourself shattering into the landscape,
 wavering bits of bark and water.

 Do not speak her name
 until you have said good-bye
 to all your familiar trinkets --
 your mirrors, your bracelets,
 your childhood adorations --
 From now on you are nothing,
 a ghost sighing at the window,
 a voice singing under water.

        Dorothy Walters (1928- )

"Love makes the brain," writes psychotherapist Janov (The Primal Scream; Why You Get Sick, How You Get Well) in this analysis of brain chemistry and emotion. Neurological research, he argues, confirms his theory that trauma from infancy, birth or the prenatal environment irrevocably damages brain functioning and leads to a plethora of physical and emotional ailments. Fully loved infants, however, develop healthy brains that enable them to cope well with life. Everything from autism and allergies to dyslexia, ADD, cancer and heart disease in later life, and even homosexuality and intellectualism (conditions Janov apparently considers aberrant) can be traced, in his view, simply to lack of adequate love."

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

If there was ever a time to dare,
to make a difference,
to embark on something worth doing,

IT IS NOW.

Not for any grand cause, necessarily...
but for something that tugs at your heart,
something that's your inspiration,

something that's your dream.

You owe it to yourself
to make your days count.

HAVE FUN.
 
DIG DEEP.

STRETCH.

DREAM BIG.

Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy.
There will be good days.
And there will be bad days.

There will be times when you want to turn around,
pack it up,
and call it quits.

Those times tell you
that you are pushing yourself,
that you are not afraid to learn by trying.

PERSIST.

Because with an idea,
determination,
and the right tools,
you can do great things.

Let your instincts,
your intellect,
and your heart,
guide you.

TRUST.

Believe in the incredible power of the human mind.
Of doing something that makes a difference.
Of working hard.
Of laughing and hoping.
Of lazy afternoons.
Of lasting friends.
Of all the things that will cross your path this year.

The start of something new
brings the hope of something great,

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

Author Unknown

Broken Heart

Not with a club the heart is broken

Nor with a stone

A whip, so small you could not see it,

I've known

To lash the magic creature

Till it fell

Yet that whip's name too noble

Then to tell

Magnanimous of bird

By boy decried

To sing unto the stone

Of which it died

This warrior woman has come
fully alive today,
She is no longer anyone's slave or prey,
She is taking back her life today,
And those who know who she truly is,
can stay.
No longer will she live the lives of others,
She will give back the blames and responsibilities of others
where it belongs,
For she also has the bear and wolf inside her,
which is now so very powerful
and uniquely strong.