Morning Meditation

" Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other to belong to themselves." Louise Bernikow

" To have anything worth giving to a friend, we must belong to ourselves. Are we someone we like? Does our behavior agree with our beliefs? Do our friends share our values, and when we are together do we support one another?

If we don't like our own company, we will try to hide our real selves. The more we hide, the further we are running from wholeness and health. We can assess ourselves, calmly and lovingly, so that we can keep on becoming the women we want to be. The more congruent are our behavior and our beliefs, the more we belong to ourselves. The better we like ourselves, the better friends we can be."

Affirmation:
" The love and sympathy of my women friends can help me in my spiritual journey toward serenity, and I can help theirs. Today, I will accompany others on their journey, and thus find company for my own."
Anon.

Andrew and I were talking about the people we have in our lives now. How important our friends are to us. What we get out of our relationships...who have fallen by the wayside...what kind of folks are we wanting to attract to us now? I feel like this has been a time for re-grouping. For digging down and really looking inward. What is important to us, to our family? There has been a lot of looking back to see if there are unresolved issues that are effecting our now. I have a feeling that there are big lessons for me in doing this. Big lessons for us all really. Here's to looking at ourselves with honesty and compassion. xoxo