Two weeks ago I waded into the Gulf of Mexico. (Not naked...this is NOT me in the photo!) I walked in by myself and allowed each wave to crash on me. I leaned in further and further. And I thought for a moment, how wildly delicious it is to be a woman. I considered the tides and the moon. I considered the lunar cycle and my cycle and I thought how deeply "natural" it is to be a woman. Our being is so deeply woven in and mirrored by the cycles of nature. I laughed at every "cyclical" complaint I have ever uttered because, really, how glorious is the cellular connection.
And, I felt a little sad for men.
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. - Rainer Maria Rilke
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