The Transformative Power Of Leaving Maidenhood And Embracing The Motherhood Archetype
Womanhood has two distinct phases: maidenhood and motherhood – the time of growth and the time of full bloom. Both are beautiful in their own unique ways, but it seems that our culture favors one, encouraging women to remain as buds instead of blooming into flowers.
It’s no secret that the finest, most beautiful things in life are those that have aged, ripened, or fully blossomed. Interestingly, our culture has impressed upon females that this law of nature no longer applies to them. Society now tells us that maturation is undesirable, that beauty has an expiration date, that maidenhood is superior to motherhood. This notion has created a crisis of women who are afraid to grow up. They are caught in a vain attempt to defy time and remain forever young. They don’t see that it’s in maturation that you become most beguilingly feminine, most whole, most yourself. Ladies, it’s time to flip the script and reclaim the fully feminine wonder that is motherhood.