The Goddess.

The Fool I am grateful for the rain, the storms, the snow, the pain, the hurt, the darkness. I am grateful for the ridicule, the disapproval, the contempt, the shunning. I am grateful for the neglect, the abuse, the beatings, the molestation, the abandonment. I am grateful for the sense of inferiority, immaturity, inadequacy, imperfection. I am grateful for the illness, the disease, the destruction, the death, the despair. I am grateful for the want, the need, the envy, the selfishness, the lust, the jealousy. I am grateful for the ugliness, the obesity, the awkwardness, the clumsiness, the deformities. I am grateful for the stupidity, the ignorance, the slowness, the illiteracy, the lack of education, the inability to learn. I am grateful for the rejection, the betrayal, the shame, the failure, the humiliation. I am grateful for the anger, the hatred, the resentment, the terror, the fear, the cowardice.I am grateful for all these dark things and all the dark things spawned by these dark things. I am grateful for all the ice-hard shadows whose ragged, savage edges have ripped my soul open to Thy Light.

Copyright @1999-2010 S. C. Norwood.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mandarava.com/sacredfemale/the_fool.htm Today I felt drawn to the idea of the Sacred Feminine. The Divine Female. The Goddess. (Or any of the thousands of other names She holds.) I can't talk about history, or religion, or even ideology- at least not on this topic. But something, Something is drawing me here, pulling me, guiding my heartstrings to this place of holiness.  As I began to research and read I was somehow directed to the above affirmation. It ate away at me. It grounded me. It connected me to all women- all goddesses- everywhere. See, deep down I believe in the Sacred Female. Like I mentioned before, I may not know her history, her religion, her philosophy- but I believe in her because I am Her. We are all Her.... We always have been. She is there buried somewhere deep within us. Unfortunately, somewhere, somehow we have allowed ourselves to lose our divinity. We have ALLOWED others to take her from us, to Steal away such an essential part of our being. Scratch that... to Steal away what is essentially our ENTIRE Being. So. Right here, Right now I pledge to take Her back.  I pledge to open up my heart, my body, my spirit, my Being to Her. And I pledge to remember that She lives in me because She IS Me.  Breathe. Open. Release. Just Be. "We must find ways to heal the wounded feminine in our own hearts and souls." -m.starbird Welcome Home My Friend.