I am the Queen

[sarahmichigan]

I have that goody-goody voice in my head that most women (maybe most *people* in general) have that says you shouldn't crow too much about your own strengths, nor elevate yourself too much, because you'll come off as a high-maintenance bitch. You'll make yourself a target for people to knock down.

However, I find that when I truly believe I am a queen, a goddess, a person worthy of love and respect, things tend to go well for me. Maybe some people think I'm a self-centered bitch, but it wins me friends and lovers and gives me the strength to go for what I want.

When I find myself doubting that I really am a goddess, when I find myself prostrate at someone's feet, waiting on someone else to make me feel special or loved or approved of, that's when things go badly. I start doubting myself, and I'm so distracted by self-doubt that I don't do anything in my life well. That neediness and desperation drives people away. Exuding self-confidence and self-love draws people to me.

I am a goddess, I just forget that sometimes.

And, namaste* to all on my friends' list.

*namaste means something like, "I see and acknowledge the god/dess in you."

Comments

[ladyteal.livejournal.com]

namaste to you as well!!!!

thou art Goddess!

[entaru.livejournal.com]

It is not self-centered to recognize personal divinity. It is mearly something that the majority of the populace does not do because they have been taught that it is a negative.



"When are you gonna blow the game?
When are you gonna blow the screen?
When will you tell them that the crap doesn't last
And you found a way to make your own dreams"

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

ooh, a Monster Magnet fan.

[entaru.livejournal.com]

Yep, I have three of their albums.

Namaste...

[violetscorpion.livejournal.com]

...to you as well. Ladyteal made it here before me and took the words out of my entry, but I will also say...

thou art Goddess!!

Kinda OT...

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

When I read discussions in Hindu sources, "namaste" is described as more obsequious than it is in Western and New Age sources. According to the Hindu sources I've seen, it means more like, "The Divinity within me bows to the Divinity that is within you, for it is the same Divinity."

Not that that's not what you meant, but others (*cough* my namesake *cough*) have used "namaste" in a catty way, like, "I know there's a God in you somewhere, but you're acting like a devil so I'll use 'namaste' to remind you of how sacred you are. You've CLEARLY forgotten!"

I'm fence-sitting about whether I want to use it because, on the one hand, I only use it when I mean it; on the other, it's getting abused and tainted.

Re: Kinda OT...

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

So's the first amendment, doesn't stop us from going to court to fight for it.

Re: Kinda OT...

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I hear you on the "abused and tainted" thing.

Re: Kinda OT...

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

Namaste, by the way. :)

Re: Kinda OT...

[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

That strikes me as a rather Quaker thing to say, actually.

I should probably learn more about Hindu sometime, as I work with three (I think -- the fourth Indian programmer is Catholic) Hindus, and I'm reasonably familiar with the other four major world religions.

[loba.livejournal.com]

*grins* This *is* really good. And I *like* Namaste - it is both humble and lofty -- in a GOOD way. :-) I alos like the Heinlein-ism "Thou Art God(dess)." :-)

Both of these sum up a lot for me; thanks for sharing this! *grins*

BTW, You're pretty nifty yourself, dear. :-D