Imagine a woman who is interested in her own life.

In the very beginning, the girl-child is interested in herself and involved in self-motivated adventures. She moves through each day with an exuberant strength, a remarkable energy, and a contagious liveliness. Every experience is filled with wonder and awe. She is never bored. Her ordinary life is interesting enough.

As she grows, this vitality dies. From her first reading of Sleeping Beauty, she longs to be delivered from ordinary life and transported to the realm of fairy tales. She turns away from the Vital One she once was.

She longs for human saviors: "if only" she had a different partner, job, or family; a life-changing insight or treatment; a big lottery win. She longs for divine saviors: "if only" a vision from heaven; a miracle; a definite word from god/goddess/higher power through her therapist or guru. Her life remains on hold as she waits for the Deliverer to come.

Years later, wise teachers -- a therapist, women’s circle, or beloved friend -- remind her of what she once knew: "Vital One, you move through life with an exuberant strength, a remarkable energy, and a contagious liveliness. Your ordinary life is interesting enough. Embrace it with respect. Express it with all the colors of the rainbow. Trust its lessons above the prescriptions of experts. What you know is true. What you feel is real. What you see is there. Your ordinary life is good. It is very good."

Daughter of Woman, sustain interest in your own life. Embrace it as your teacher, healer, and challenge. Welcome its ordinary moments of beauty and grace with gratitude.

~ Patricia Lynn Reilly

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