Joy of Being a Woman today: Celebrate Woman's journey!

Today March 8 is International women's day and I felt totally energized and inspired by remembering how far I have come along with other women of the world. I feel blessed, inspired and uplifted with the strides women are making everyday everywhere…..

we are finding that sacred secret place within us that long to return to that place of wholeness and unconditional love we are finally allowing us to feel deep within us
by letting go of all insecurities about losing love of our lives.

Go girls!!!! Celebrate, have fun, dance with your man or child or community ….

Its our day and our time to shine NOW!

Cheers and a big smooch and

a deep bow to all women everywhere ;-)

Mita

Re: Joy of Being a Woman today: Celebrate Woman's journey!

Happy Women's Day to all of us! It is still one  of my favorite days to celebrate womanhood. And what a wonderful wish, message and tribute you have shared with all of us in the pod and in your blog - thank you for all that you do and who you are, deeply & truly!

And here are some more poems and images to celebrate & share the mystery, beauty & magic of being a woman… Enjoy!

Where do we go from here?

~ Sujata Venkatraman

Several centuries
Have slipped by between our thin fingers
The Rani of Jhansi asks me from the grave
Are we free and equal at last?

I hang my head: there is so much to do.
My feminine paranoia has no cure,
Some drunken husband is beating his wife,
Some female child has seen her starving grave,
Some woman went with only half the wages
Some woman was raped and could not fight
Some woman married an irregular old chap
And I still have to prove everything I do.
And you call this a hyperbola of my fantasy?

Two droplets of summer
Three teaspoons of hope
Two tablespoons of courage
A jug of education
A sprig of equal laws
Ten sticks of economic liberty

Will you concoct me this elixir
So I may tell the Rani that she may breathe?

Tabula Rasa

~ Sujata Venkatraman

I conclude I am a superwoman,
A Nietschze Ubermench in feminine gender.

This eternity I started by a forI m
A spirit striving for the perfect madness
Piecing the jigsaw puzzles of womanhood
Discoursing on dialectics and logical reason
I have re-drawn my mind - into Tabula Rasa.

From the slave of the yesteryear
Caught in a slingshot of prejudicial laws
I stand before you in every walk of life:
Notice who and what I have now become:
The creative spirit not afraid to invent,
The spirited leader not afraid to lead,
The athlete running to the finish line of liberation,
The teacher of little Gargis and Maitreyis,
My freedom is my own: I have no shadow.

Rationalizing an otherwise chaotic world -
My struggles are larger than cupboard ghosts,
I am breaking free of your tepid role models
I shall choose my own health and illnesses
And slowly fit new equations as laws for life.

Thus empirically I conclude: I am a superwoman.
A Nietschze Ubermench in feminine gender.

Phenomenal Woman

~ Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Re: Joy of Being a Woman today: Celebrate Woman's journey!

   Like a caring umbrella in the pouring rain
   A warm friendly hug when you got the cane
   Like a chocolate-cheese pizza when you`re hungry as hell
   It`s all that sweetness with a little wicked spell
   That gives a glimpse of that magical thing
    The WONDER of WONDERS that a WOMAN is !!!!

        But there in Zaadz are all WOMEN - SUPER, SUPER !!!!

   I´m thankful beeing here with all of YOU and wish a lot of LOVE to all WOMEN !

   Leamaarja - Nevertoolate

Re: Joy of Being a Woman today: Celebrate Woman's journey!

i posted this on my blog and wanted you all to be sure to learn about this wonderful organization—MADRE!. Powerful work and fab website…

March 8, 2007

To our sisters and supporters around the world:
Happy International Women's Day!

Today, women all over the world are celebrating International Women's Day in honor of women's struggles to shape a better world by promoting justice and peace.

MADRE celebrates the many achievements of our sister organizations and reaffirms, on this International Women's Day, that by working together, we can re-create the world.

Thanks to all of you for your partnership in this work and for celebrating with us.

-From all of us at MADRE

MADRE.ORG