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Myths and Fairy Tales

Silly human! You woke Me from a delicious dream of a new era

where humans like dinosaurs, are disappeared, and the earth refreshed.

I am not your Fairy Godmother, do not insist that I 

behave as myth dictates, that just makes 

volcanoes steam as my core begins to boil

power surges burst forth as hurricanes, and heat waves

You pray to me as if I’m Santa Claus,

with a laundry list of all the things you want

I toss and shake my curly mane in furious denial

square my mountainous shoulders, tap my crimson painted toes in

an impatient rhythm, it's not nice to fool Mother nature...

After all I know who my real friends are.

You whisper wishes of princes and happy endings to me and

expect me to wave a magic wand and do what?

I don’t free sleeping princesses from moldy fairy tales

guarantee compulsive women security in muddy waters

fix your plumbing, do your windows,

create Eden in your backyard without beetles and slugs.

Throw your own rainbow shoulders back,

put on your big girl panties, walk like a mighty warrior woman.

free your own sweet selves from ancient history,

dip into the quantum field and create your own damn future,

gossip amongst yourselves, I'm bloody hungry, I haven’t eaten for ages,

after I see what you can offer me, maybe we'll talk....

COPYRIGHT August 2009 Mari Selby

Whether they are empowering, or degrading we each have our own stories that we perpetuate. What do you imagine is your story? Who are your heroines? What are the current myths you are living? Is the foundation of your story based on limiting beliefs or the clear light of transformation? Are you a wild woman who runs with the wolves? Perhaps you are a woman who has brass big-girl panties and climbs up on the shoulders of her colleagues? Or perhaps you are the nurturing, kind and loving mother who never wants anything for herself? Are you a spiritual seeker forever on a journey of self discovery? Maybe you are a compulsive woman who looks for god in the refrigerator, and cupboards of her kitchen. Are you waiting for your prince to come and save you from a life you don’t recognize? There are no wrong stories, or myths that you live. The only thing that matters is whether your story fits your life purpose, and mirrors your soul. 

Last week I wrote about being a thorn among the roses. That is part of a myth I tell myself. On occasion I may feel like a thorn among the roses and feel sorry for myself. While simultaneously I acknowledge that I like being a thorn. A thorn stands out, gets attention because she doesn’t look like all the roses around her. And I hope that the thorn that I offer is a catalyst for change for both myself and those around me. I never have seen life through rose colored glasses, I can barely wear sunglasses. I prefer to acknowledge the pricking of the thorn and grow from that pain. Nature isn’t sweet, soft and nice. There are gnats in the grass, the dog is barking constantly next door, and the humidity wilts the flowers by the end of a long summer day. 

This week’s exercise is to write your own myth. Imagine stepping outside of your day to day living and write the story of who you believe you are. Are you the heroine of your own story, or do you need someone to come and save you? Write your story then set it aside for a few days. Come back and read what you wrote. Did you tell the truth? Does your story fit your life, mirror your soul? Does your story inspire you on to further evolution?

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Copyright July 2010, Mari Selby