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Who Said What About Love - Part 6
Author: Gayla Wick
Every now and then I hear a person speak or read a book that awakens me from whatever slumber I’ve been indulging in. Most of us, if we are really honest know we often sleep walk through parts of our lives. It’s what gets us through the myriad of chaotic situations we’re either a part of or witnessing. Being distracted makes everything seem easier, but is it really? I relish the opportunity to learn new things – new things that make me think about my positions and ideas, those imprints from childhood and young adulthood that may no longer be adequate to the truth of my life now. Sometimes it’s jolting to suddenly become aware of a larger more universal truth that has the possibility of expanding our awareness in a good way. That’s how I feel about the work of Marianne Williamson.
Marianne Williamson, born in 1952, is one of the most brilliant and inspirational new thought leaders on our planet. She is an author, lecturer, speaker and the Founder and President of the Board of directors of the Los Angeles and Manhattan Centers for Living, non-profit organizations which provide free non-medical support services to people living with life-challenging illnesses and grief. I had the privilege of seeing and hearing her speak last year and felt truly transformed by her wisdom and deep commitment to making a difference. I loved the following quote from her book, A Return to Love:
“I spent years waiting for a man to make me ‘feel like a real woman.’ Only when I realized that my feminine energy was not a man’s gift to me, but rather my gift to myself and to him, did the men around me start to demonstrate the more masculine energy I craved.”
Wow! What does this quote mean for you? I loved it because in my work as a love coach, I so often find women feeling such lack in their feminine energy from the absence of a romantic partner. We work on this early in the coaching process, but it’s not easy for women to re-frame this limiting belief. But once they do – it’s magic the way their lives begin to open up and sparkle. This sparkle or zest for life is enormously attractive to mature, decent men – the kind you want to give your heart to. Men who want to label you, make demands of you and treat you like one of the guys aren’t usually attractive to most women. We have friends; we’re seeking more from our man. We want to feel safe, loved, adored, respected and listened to.
Modern women want a deep and abiding partnership with a real man who knows the value of our femininity as he knows the value of his own masculine/feminine balance. We may make the bacon and fry it up in the pan, but that doesn’t mean we have to be in our masculine energy without the feminine energy balance. I plan to talk more about this in a future post, but for now I encourage you to think about what this means for you and your relationships.
Until next time remember: Embrace the amazing gifts your feminine energy brings to the table of life and decide what that means for you.
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