I decided many years ago to invent myself. I had obviously been invented by someone else, by a whole society, and I didn't like their invention. ~ Maya Angelou
For many, many years this has been one of my favourite quotes. I love the power behind it and the declaration of self-definition. It was a great comfort to know that someone else had the same feelings that I did that there was a chasm between what society thinks I am, and what I feel I am. I cried when I read that Maya Angelou had passed beyond the veil, to me she was one of those women who are Mothers to all of us.
Angelou's words also resonate with my readings of Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - the idea that as you grow up you lose the connection with your inner self and start to wear masks and take on roles that leave you feeling diminished.
I find I am constantly changing and reinventing parts of myself, but that every once in a while I either embark upon, or find myself in the middle of, a more profound period of change. I embrace new things, or I set myself free from something I have felt is binding me, or I let go of a leg trap, or I retreat inward for a while. I can't pinpoint where the current phase began, for me the process is more like the tides than some linear journey with an end and a beginning , but this post is a beginning.
Taexalia
For many, many years this has been one of my favourite quotes. I love the power behind it and the declaration of self-definition. It was a great comfort to know that someone else had the same feelings that I did that there was a chasm between what society thinks I am, and what I feel I am. I cried when I read that Maya Angelou had passed beyond the veil, to me she was one of those women who are Mothers to all of us.
Angelou's words also resonate with my readings of Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - the idea that as you grow up you lose the connection with your inner self and start to wear masks and take on roles that leave you feeling diminished.
I find I am constantly changing and reinventing parts of myself, but that every once in a while I either embark upon, or find myself in the middle of, a more profound period of change. I embrace new things, or I set myself free from something I have felt is binding me, or I let go of a leg trap, or I retreat inward for a while. I can't pinpoint where the current phase began, for me the process is more like the tides than some linear journey with an end and a beginning , but this post is a beginning.
Taexalia
