Woman
the place where creation is always blooming,
where strength and wisdom meet,
and the seeds of generations awaken.
I honor all the women who came before me in my lineage,
the ones whose names I know and the ones whose names were never written, the women who walked paths of courage so that I could walk mine.
I honor the women who stand beside me now,
my mother, my daughter, and the women who share this life with me, the ones who mirror my strength, my vulnerability, and my becoming.
I honor the women who will come after me,
those who will inherit the seeds of courage, wisdom, and freedom we are planting today.
I honor the women who risked using their voices and shared their truth, even when the world was not ready to listen.
Their courage opened the path, and through it my own voice rises with greater freedom.
I honor the women who have discovered the quiet power of receptivity, who understand that true strength is not only in action, but also in presence, in listening, in the courage to hold space for life to unfold.
Women who know that softness can be a form of strength, and that strength can arise from the deepest wells of the heart.
I honor the women who, in this very moment, are standing for peace, the ones who pray, who speak, who nurture, who protect, and who refuse to surrender their humanity in the face of violence.
Women who hold the vision that another way is possible, and who continue to choose compassion even when the world trembles.
I honor the women who, together with men, are courageously shaping the template of the New Earth, a world rooted in dignity, compassion, truth, and sacred partnership.
I honor all the men who recognize, respect, and celebrate the woman that I am, and who walk beside women as allies in the creation of a more conscious and compassionate world.
Happy International Women’s Day
May we honor the courage of the women who came before us,
the wisdom of the women who walk beside us,
and the light of the women who will come after us.
Together, may we continue to shape a world of dignity, truth, compassion, and sacred strength.
Ahava,
Ana Otero
