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On Being Your Own Woman

Last updated on: May 3, 2016 at 1:34 pm by Miriam Ava

On Being Your Own Woman 2016-05-03T13:34:54-05:00 Miriam Ava

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Dismantle the external markers of social approval. Clear the way for you to truthfully live. Make room for the real you to unfold.

If your naked nails let you shine, rest in that.

If flats let you fly, root into that.

If your natural face shows your true colors, rejoice in that.

Dismantle the external markers of social approval.

If you turn into a pumpkin at 8 pm, be firm in your decision to be home by then.

Honor your needs.

You cannot fight your true self and expect to thrive.

If you love your brilliant mind, use it and celebrate it.

If you’re devoted to vibrant health, keep showing up for it.

If your Spirit is your guiding light, boldly embrace it.

Courageously hold space

for your cultured self to let go

into

your true self

that’s your divine essence,

the sparkling, ephemeral, omnipresent energy

that animates it all.

What others may deem peculiar is particular to your nature.

Going against your flow would be like trying to ban universal laws — futile.

Dismantle the external markers of social approval.

Be

Your

Own

Woman.

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