The Smart Witch

We do not become healers.

We came as healers. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become storytellers.

We came as carriers of the stories

we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become writers, dancers, musicians, helpers, peacemakers. We came as such. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not learn to love in this sense. We came as Love. We are Love. Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are.

~ Author, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Notes:

Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born, 1945) is a first-generation American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst. She was raised in the oral tradition of ancient mythos, stories, chants, songs and dances, and in traditional healing ways. She is the author of Women Who Run with the Wolves, which has sold over two million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 145 weeks.

[Image: Untitled, but known as Woman in Moonlight (circa 1930s) oil on canvas by Hemendranath Majumdar (1894~1948).]

The Smart Witch by Elizabeth