We Were Women First.... by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

Artwork by Manon Doyle, Sisters of the Sun, titled "Shine"

Before we were Wives and Mothers,

Before we were Republicans or Democrats,

Before we were Conservative or Liberal…. Right or Left

Before we were Christian, Muslim, or Jewish….

We were Women.

Women,

ALL Women,

I ask you to Stand Up and Give Voice to Your Truth.

I ask you to represent yourself as a WOMAN first and foremost.

I ask that you honor who you are as a woman.

I ask that you DEMAND all the rights you DESERVE as a woman.

I ask that you DO NOT give your rights over…

to your politician,

to your political side,

to your chaplain (or equivalent),

to your husband,

to your child.

For if we women are held silent,

if we women are not allowed to chose…

our own path,

our own destiny,

our OWN lives,

the world WILL suffer greatly.

We are the Solution.

We are the Answer.

We are the LOVE,

the Nurturer,

the Wisdom,

the Grace.

We are the Healers.

We are the Power.

We HAVE the Power.

We NEED to recognize IT in ourselves first,

DEMAND it out of others second.

We NEED to unite as SISTERS.

For the sake of EVERYONE!

It is time….

The time is NOW!

Are you READY?  Get SET…. ROAR!

A ROAR! Can BE...... by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

A ROAR! Can Be.....

A ROAR! can be the breath it takes to take that next step forward.  

A ROAR! can be the calming of a nervous heart and speaking your truth even when your voice is quivering.

A ROAR! can be the spontaneous moment you laugh, when you used to cry.

A ROAR! can be the overwhelming sense of compassion you have for that person you thought was your enemy.  

A ROAR! can be the mother bear protecting her young.

A ROAR! can be the yell of, "BACK OFF!  YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ME, HARM ME, HURT ME, PUNCH ME, KICK ME, STONE ME!"

A ROAR! can be the decision to NEVER do that again.

A ROAR! can be the decision to change your diet, change your patterns, change your habits, change your direction, change your mind.

A ROAR! can be the moment you walk away, without a word, or even looking back.

A ROAR! can be the kiss of a skinned knee of a child, an embrace of a teenager's broken heart, a hand holding of the elderly, a passionate exchange between lovers.

A ROAR! is NOT a battle cry....

A ROAR! is a movement of protection, of clarity, of forgiveness, of understanding, of compassion, of love, of boundaries...

A ROAR! is what it takes to face your fear and do it anyway.  To do what you normally wouldn't do, to break old patterns so you can create new and healthier ones.

A ROAR! changes YOU, it changes those YOU know, and it changes YOUR world. 

In a single moment, right now, you can change your future by a simple yet powerful ROAR!

Demand it, declare it, embrace it, live it, talk it, sing it, write it, burn it, cart wheel it down the street or in your back yard.  There is no right or wrong way to ROAR!  There is only your way, you have the power and YOU are more powerful than you know.

Your ROAR! is that pebble in the water.  Your ROAR! sends out consecutive rings of energy which project out of you and around you - changing your future instantly.  So, it makes no difference which way you turn, you will always walk into the future you have just created.

So ROAR!  

What would it hurt to try?  

See what happens in the following days. 

Let me know!  Visit www.roarwithcinda.com and share your ROAR!  

Let us know how you changed your life and ROAR!ed

Know you are loved and supported for the work you are about to do.  Those who have ROAR!ed before you, known and unknown to you, are holding sacred space for you, you are not alone.

Are you READY?  Get SET..... ROAR!