I feel inspired, even called, to pass along to you quotes, videos, photos, and experiences that touch me along my path of being a consciously evolving leader and woman. I hope not to think too much before I post them, but rather intuit what is important to share.

That being said, Carole, a dear mentor, artist, mother, friend, sister-grandma, birthing colleague of mine (who dared to jump out of a cake on her 75th birthday surrounded and cheered on by family and friends, brought to my attention this bold  passage written by Mary Daly…

“Ever since childhood, I have been honing my skills for living the life of a radical feminist pirate and cultivating the courage to win. The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a woman trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin.’”

“Women who are pirates in a phallocratic society are involved in a complex operation. First, it is necessary to plunder–that is, righteously rip off gems of knowledge that the patriarchs have stolen from us. Second, we must smuggle back to other women our plundered treasures. In order to invent strategies that will be big and bold enough for the next millennium, it is crucial that women share our experiences: the chances we have taken and the choices that have kept us alive. They are my pirate’s battle cry and wake-up call for women who want to hear.”

And so Daly would like to say:

“I urge you to Sin. … But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism — or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism and Jungianism — which are all derivatives of the big religion of patriarchy. Sin against the infrastructure itself!”

To read more about Mary Daly, CLICK HERE

Thanks, dear Carole, for daring to be a ’sinner’ and friend. I wish that more women could have dear friends and mentors like you, reminding all women they must give themselves permission to ACT-IN, ACT-UP, ACT-OUT, ACT-TOGETHER and ‘SIN’!!!