So she is your everything. She is your happiness and joy. Your only one.
Let me tell you something...I've been to hell and back to get you back. And all you can do is think about her, talk to her...she's the only one you can love. After I've prayed so hard and known beyond all doubt that I would do anything for you to just be here with us again; it hurts so much to have someone take you away again. The only difference is that now I have someone to blame. I guess now I am finally used to being thrown over for someone else. So there is no need for pity. My heart can only get so much colder and more resentful. I'm used to not being good enough, no matter how hard I try. So go ahead and go. LEAVE ME and everyone else behind. I hope she's worth it because when she's not you just might find me
gone.

You will lure her.
You will convince her to go to your church with you, to believe what you believe and to stay the night with you.
You speak of the kinds of values that make a family. Stories of fellowship and belonging and oh how she longs to be a part of it all. She stares in awe at your self-love. She wants to be so loved, so self assured.
But I ask you; where is your god? Is it your own words that you preach, or truly those of God?
Where is your humility,
your acceptance of failure,
where is your guilt?
You preach only of your personal Jesus,
not the Most High.
You worship your own god, not the one true God.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
enough
money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
something
perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams
wants to see her in an hour...


A WOMAN SHOULD
HAVE .
a youth she's content to leave behind....


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a past juicy
enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her
old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
one friend who
always makes her laugh.. and one who lets her cry...


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a good piece
of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her
family...


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
eight
matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
and a recipe for
a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...


A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
a feeling of
control over her destiny..


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD
KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit
a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend
without;
ruining the friendship...


EVERY WOMAN
SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK
AWAY...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her
childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she
would and wouldn't do for love or more...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....
how to live
alone... even if she doesn't like it...


EVERY
WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.. .
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to
go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
or a
charming Inn in the woods....
when her soul needs
soothing...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a
month...and a year...

-Maya Angelou