Singing our Songs, Blowing our Horns

Roar, women, roar!

Marilyn Flower
Middle-Pause
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3 min readAug 3, 2021

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Women! We’ve been in the shadows and behind the scenes for way too long.

It’s time to sing our songs, blow our own horns, naming and claiming who we are and what we’re up to in the world.

Whether it’s out of timidity, fear, low self-worth, or ‘good manners,’ enough is enough! The world needs our gifts and talents. Period. The world needs our light to see things from our perspective — which is one of our gifts.

So now is not the time to hold back. Now is the time to shine!

Remember what Marianne Williams says:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

To that end, Middle-Pause is a place to do just that — shine your light so as to encourage our sisters to do likewise. This week’s story selections and their writers do just that.

Marilyn's written a book, Cindy’s growing and healing, and Mary’s learning to roar. Margie acts, writes and engineers sound for our Podcasts. While Debbie encourages and motivates all of us not only with her words and her visions but with the courage, strength, and grace she draws to live her life.

Here, then, are our stories…

Women, You Cheer Everyone Else, Now it’s Time to Blow Your Own Horn! Marilyn Flower

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Marilyn Flower
Middle-Pause

Writer, sacred fool, improviser, avid reader, novel forthcoming, soul collage facilitator, prayer warrior and did I say writer? https://linktr.ee/marilynflower