*I Wish I Had Known*

I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman.

What a difference it would have made!

I wish I'd known that I was born a courageous woman:

I've spent so much of my life cowering.....

I wish I'd known that I'd been born to take on the world;

I wouldn't have run from it for so long,

but run to it with open arms......................

(Sarah Ban Breathnach "Excavating Your Authentic Self")