
05/07/2023
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she discards her old ways like tossed shoes in the garbage
When she shreds her list of “shoulds” & obligations
& when impossible expectations are burned in an incinerator
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When the approval of others once jewels now turn to pennies in her sock
When the hunt for another is now replaced by a hunt for herself
& when parental tentacles of tradition no longer define her truth
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When her desire to fit in with the crowd dissolves
When her manic compulsion to be perfect vaporizes
& when her obsession to be voted popular eviscerates
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she simply says “no more”
When facade, artifice, & guile leave her nauseated
& when righteousness, dogma, & superiority repulse her
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she no longer fears conflict but faces it boldly like a lioness
When she guards her authenticity as fearlessly as she guards her babies
& when she drops the role of savior knowing she can only save herself
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she no longer cowers in the shadows of her unworthiness
When she no longer plays small so others can feel big
& when she swaps the role of victim for the role of cocreator
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she unabashedly & boldly occupies her ultimate sovereignty
When she finally feels ready to claim her space in the world
& when she redefines compassion as unequivocal self-love
There comes a time in the life of a woman
When she finally releases her childlike dependencies on others
When she dares to rewrite a new mandate of living for herself
One that says
I release unworthiness & fear
I divorce servility & passivity
I divest inauthenticity & enmeshment
I end the pretense of being someone I am not
& from now on I declare
I will ascend into my highest power
I will embrace my greatest autonomy
I will celebrate my deepest worth
I will embody my fiercest courage & manifest the most authentic me
The time is now
I am ready
To awaken into my renaissance
~ Dr. Shefali
www.drshefali.com
Art by Arna Baartz Artist
www.linktr.ee/arnabaartz