A CIRCLE OF WOMEN


I'm learning so much about about the power of a circle of women in my life. I can't break down the gender science behind it for you, and I cant give you a solid reason why it works so well. I can't tell you what the women in your group will look like and I can't tell you how many will be in it. But I can tell you that as you open yourself up and allow your vulnerabilities to shine through... that the women you need most will come.

All you need to do is share your strength on days that you are strong. And then she shares her strength when she is strong. And she does too, as well as her and her and her... Every woman giving strength on the days when they are effervescent and their power is illuminating; sharing it selflessly, kindly, ferociously, lovingly. Every woman taking strength on the days when she feels weak. Grabbing hands when she falls; finding familiar faces when the world starts to look contorted and distant. The unspoken understanding that we all have days where we falter and need someone to stand in our corner. The understanding that on some level, we've been there too.

The building of ladies connected by humanity, reality, and anatomy. A group of friends seamlessly woven into a support system that allows tears and instigates smiles. Maybe they all know each other, or maybe they'll never meet. Maybe you see them daily, or maybe they are just friends through your online community. But the important part is that you are the hub in the midst of your powerful female fabric. Invest in relationships so that when you need a rally, it appears. So that on nights where you are curled up on the couch under blankets and the world seems determined to crush you... you can fall back into the arms of your friends and allow yourself to be caught. On nights like tonight.

Just because we can make it through life alone doesn't mean we have to.

11 comments

  1. What an absolutely beautiful and inspiring post! Thank you so much for sharing, I'm so happy i'm a woman! :) xx

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  2. I have just experienced the power of a female circle of compassion myself, this is so right!

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  3. I know I wouldn't be able to make it though my few years in the army without my girls. I would go crazy.

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  4. I only just recently joined a group of women that meets once a month. I'm still figuring things out---but even so, I'm thinking "WHY HAVE I NOT DONE THIS BEFORE???"

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  5. I wish I could have one, or even a similar one here in Spain but seems got a bit og bad luck!

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  6. Fantastic. I am very blessed to have a wonderful circle of female friends. I am only recently learning it's ok to let go when you need to and you do not have to be strong every single day. They don't think less of you or think you are weak. They just hold you up until you can go on yourself.

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  7. A fabulous post. I am in the process of setting up Circles of Women in my area in England and I think they are incredibly powerful, organic and desperately needed. All I need now is the Bell Tent to hold them in. x

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  8. Love coming across this here, thanks so much for sharing my print and I love your words as well :) Blessings.
    Jeanette

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  9. While reading this, I found myself crying. I, like many girls who go to a university, have spent my years being part of a sorority.

    I was honestly fine, and thinking "OMG THIS IS JUST LIKE MY SORORITY FOR ME" And then I got to "So that on nights where you are curled up on the couch under blankets and the world seems determined to crush you... you can fall back into the arms of your friends and allow yourself to be caught. On nights like tonight." and tears started to fall. Simply because I had a flashback to a night where my day had been bad and anything that could go wrong had. I lived with 2 sorority sisters who were out when I came back to the room, so I did what any normal woman would do. I curled up in a ball in my bed and I cried. I cried until I fell asleep. My roommates/sisters came back with a hand full of sisters who wanted to hang out, and they noticed that I was in bed clenching a teddy bear like it would save me from drowning, they said I was still crying in my sleep. So they did the only logical thing, 6 sorority sisters curled into my twin bed, waking me up and cuddling me as I cried.

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  10. Go ahead and move to Happy Valley and we can start ourselves a new circle, yes? ;)

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