Shieldmaiden Saturday #24

  I have learned that a Shieldmaiden, Valkyrie, and a Goddess can all hit the proverbial wall...hard. Not only is the wall hit hard the knocked down Shieldmaiden, Valkyrie, or Goddess does want to get back on their feet and dust their clothes off and again battle. We may eventually pull our selves up with difficulty and then stand there in a daze of tiredness, loneliness, despair and a great feeling of loss. At times, like tonight, I ask what for? I am all of the above. I am tired and I am weak and I need someone who is emotionally and physically strong enough to put up with me and my weaknesses but I trust that he does not exist. Yet I think that he does but I keep getting disappointed and that makes me miss him even more. All I want is to be tightly held and never let go. 

  But is not that what most Shieldmaidens, Valkyries and Goddesses think and feel and desire and want? Just because we can give a strong showing does not mean we would not relish the chance of being helped made to feel loved and special. 

  Life is not one dimensional for anyone so why should it be so for strong women? We need love, respect, and protection too from someone that is strong enough who will love, respect and protect us. And there can lie the rub for it seems quite a few men feel threatened by a woman's strength, no matter her calling, and run the other way or make fun of her without ever realizing that there is fragility in a strong woman. When we break it is rarely a pretty sight.

  What has brought upon this stream of thought is that as the All-Mother Frigg, I have hit the wall this night. Feeling weak and down, I put myself out there on Twitter and was given love and wise consul by two Shieldmaidens. sometimes us females are each other's warriors.

  

Thank you and many blessings.