Have The Relationship You Want

This was sent to me by “Beth” – and I just loved it…I’m pasting it on my mirror…

Aphrodite Poem by Agapi Stassinopoulos

So tell me about your beauty, your irresistible attraction.
All women are born beautiful.
Knowing that, however, is their choice!
All women are born deserving love.
Choosing that is up to them.
I have no bonds or boundaries;
I love whom I choose and when I want.
I’m free in my love; I am in bliss.
In my senses I rejoice.
You do not choose me-
you’re afraid of my freedom-
you judge me.
You pollute me with your thoughts, your shame and your guilt.
I’m moved to ecstasy when I love;
when I mate I become one.
I know how.
Everything that breathes and is alive comes under my domain:
doves, dolphins, swans,
roses, irises, lilies.
All pleasures and sensuous delights.
perfumes and oils,
lustrous fabrics, foods and drinks.
Music thrills my soul:
the lyre, the harp, the soft sounds make love to me.
The waves of the sea-
oh, yes, there you’ll see me
in the ocean,
in the sunsets,
all the exquisite beauty between birth and death,
when day meets the night.
Why do you fear death?
I die every time I mate. I am in ecstasy.
I give myself over and over and over again
to the glory that is love in the moment.
I have no fear of losing myself.
Oh, there is the secret:
to give oneself and keep oneself intact.
That is my bliss, my mortal, divine bliss.
I know who I am.
I smile. Can you see
My secret smile?
To whom do I belong?
I belong to me.

I love everything about the Goddesses of mythology, and how they each – all the different goddesses of different cultures – represent an aspect of our female selves – and so often those aspects that are most powerful are ones we tend to want to hide.

I googled this author and had some fun listening to her talk…it reminded me about my Goddess aspects and my Goddess self – and we can never be reminded too often…

This is about being a Modern Siren…and now I’m feeling very much like playing on the Siren Island of my heart – and the Siren Island that is the world out there, if I can see it that way…

Love, Rori

Here’s a guest post from my great March interviewee, Alanna Levenson:

As women, being the emotional creatures that we are, we tend to get to a point in our lives where we start to reflect on where we are and how we got here. That self reflection involves taking a look at what we are up to at this stage in our life, regardless of what stage that might be, as well as the people that are we interact with on a regular basis. The reality of who those people are and what their most noticeable qualities might be can either be a harsh one or a proud one.

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Letting your fear of being “weak” run you is the fastest way to become “weak.”

We’re talking about vulnerability here.

We’re talking about letting ‘em see you shake.

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Here’s a great letter from Amy…

“First of all I would like to thank you for doing what you do…finding you and receiving your e-mails, and reading this blog in the last few months has felt like I have an older, much wiser sister standing in my corner telling me just what I need to hear whenever I need to hear it…pretty darn cool!! :~)

Next, after reading this this morning I had to write and ask you a question about something I am going through…but first, a little background…I am 37 (38 in May, sigh.) I was married at 24 for 7 years, no children. He cheated. I was in a long term relationship with the father of my daughter for 6 years. We were due to get married in June More…