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Sunday September 5th 2010

Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion 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 steps
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 of 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 for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.

PHENOMENAL WOMAN
Maya Angelou

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“Our Greatest Fear” Return to Love ~ Marianne Williamson

Our Greatest Fear —Marianne Williamson
it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other

people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

—Marianne Williamson

Dreams Do Come True

If someone would have told me 20 years ago that I would be a wife, mother of four very respectful and ultimately handsome young men,  a successful business owner and a full time adult student I would have laughed so hard it would have disrupted the town.  But, here I am…20 years later and just that!

Originally, I had a structured time line of all I planned to accomplish during each phase of my life span.  It’s funny how things work out exactly as they were suppose to; just not on our own time or how we dictate!  I can’t complain no matter how many hurdles I had to leap to reach the finish line.  The next race is still to come, but I am truly blessed and thankful for all things along the way.  I am who I am today, not by ease or living someone else’s plan, but by that which was written for me and the gifts I’ve nurtured since I was exactly three years old!  From drawing, writing and creating I always knew the Entrepreneur inside me.  As often as I would drown myself in corporate jobs and unfulfilling positions the void still remained.  I never stopped dreaming!  Just when several doors seem to slam shut in my face there was a crack in one door and just the little light that came through allowed me to find my way, open that very door and become who I am today!

I hold dear, “Each one, teach one” and without it this post wouldn’t exist.  Everyone of us dreams, and my message to each and everyone of you, “Dreams do come true!  Never give up on what you believe!”  I gauge my success not by money, but according to my ability to fall, and get back up again. 

“If you see me out and about, don’t talk to me about where I’ve come from or what I’ve done but where I’m going!” ~ Sonja

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