"Father God creates, protects, teaches, and empowers us. Mother God is the cosmic nurturer: she feeds us, cares for us, and holds us in her arms. Let's not argue over petty issues. God is both male and female, Father and Mother. And so are we. Beyond our gender, we are all just light. We are one with God, with each other and ourselves."
Marianne Williamson
A WOMAN'S WORTH
Eastern culture teaches us we individually contain both masculine and feminine aspects. The masculine is described as being aggressive, assertive, analytical, and reaching out. The feminine is described as being creative, nurturing, insightful and welcoming. Each of us hold these qualities and strive to keep them balanced. Perhaps as a woman, we may be assertive at work, but more reserved in our personal relationships. As a man, we may approach life analytically, but more creative in hobbies. Some women are very masculine or extremely feminine while there are men who are very feminine or exceptionally masculine. The mix is endless.
In early stages of my life, I had the tendency to be more masculine in my approach to life. I felt the need to be protective, assertive, and reaching out or seeking. Even though I have always been creative, my masculine traits outweighed my feminine. In the last few stages of my life, my tendencies have reversed. I have become introverted, reflective and welcoming to diversity. I enjoy being more feminine than in the past through clothing or jewelry choices, using a more gentle understanding while being with others or more wildly creative in common day explorations. I still maintain the ability to flip over to masculine discipline when required.
The key to living a balanced life is to be in touch with how we respond to a given situation. If we know our honest feelings, we will know how we can best react. We can switch back and forth between masculine and feminine presentation within years, months, days or minutes. We are healthier if we can be flexible and not rigid in any one reaction, as life is nothing but change, repeatedly calling for varied responses. We flow through life more easily when we remain conscious of our choices.
When we are game playing or parroting what we believe other people want to hear, we move further and further out of balance. We create distance between our heart and mind; devalue our opinions; and weaken the connection with authenticity. Inch by inch we give our personal power away.
Life is a process causing us to face challenges regularly as it is the way of the human experience. If we entertain the possibility that we are all one, we are all God's children, or we are all one light of the Divine, we can embrace personal growth, community development, and world peace in harmonious efforts.
Eastern culture teaches us we individually contain both masculine and feminine aspects. The masculine is described as being aggressive, assertive, analytical, and reaching out. The feminine is described as being creative, nurturing, insightful and welcoming. Each of us hold these qualities and strive to keep them balanced. Perhaps as a woman, we may be assertive at work, but more reserved in our personal relationships. As a man, we may approach life analytically, but more creative in hobbies. Some women are very masculine or extremely feminine while there are men who are very feminine or exceptionally masculine. The mix is endless.
In early stages of my life, I had the tendency to be more masculine in my approach to life. I felt the need to be protective, assertive, and reaching out or seeking. Even though I have always been creative, my masculine traits outweighed my feminine. In the last few stages of my life, my tendencies have reversed. I have become introverted, reflective and welcoming to diversity. I enjoy being more feminine than in the past through clothing or jewelry choices, using a more gentle understanding while being with others or more wildly creative in common day explorations. I still maintain the ability to flip over to masculine discipline when required.
The key to living a balanced life is to be in touch with how we respond to a given situation. If we know our honest feelings, we will know how we can best react. We can switch back and forth between masculine and feminine presentation within years, months, days or minutes. We are healthier if we can be flexible and not rigid in any one reaction, as life is nothing but change, repeatedly calling for varied responses. We flow through life more easily when we remain conscious of our choices.
When we are game playing or parroting what we believe other people want to hear, we move further and further out of balance. We create distance between our heart and mind; devalue our opinions; and weaken the connection with authenticity. Inch by inch we give our personal power away.
Life is a process causing us to face challenges regularly as it is the way of the human experience. If we entertain the possibility that we are all one, we are all God's children, or we are all one light of the Divine, we can embrace personal growth, community development, and world peace in harmonious efforts.
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