30/05/2025
ITS TIME
“There comes a day, somewhere in every woman’s life when she is hand-delivered a message from Mother Nature herself, with vital words scrawled lovingly but empathetically upon it…
It’s time
You have taken enough now
It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older
And start growing wilder and wiser
There are adventures still waiting on you and this time you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom
And the companionship of hindsight
And you will really let go
It’s time to stop the sadness of comparison
The ridicule of schedule and conformity
And start experiencing the joys that a life
Free of containment and guilt can bring
She will remind you gently
That you’ve done your bit
You’ve given too much, cared too much
You’ve suffered too much
You’ve bought the book, as it were
And worn the T-shirt
Worse, you’ve worn the chains
And carried the weight of a burden
Far too heavy for your shoulders
It’s time, she will say
Let it go, really let it go and feel the freedom
Of the fresh, clean spaces within you
Fill them with discovery, love and laughter
Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day
With the excitement of a child once more
She will remind you
That if you choose to stop caring
What other people think of you
And begin caring what you think of you
Your will experience a new era of your life
You never dreamed possible
It’s time, she will say…
To write the ending, or new beginning
Of your own story”
- Donna Ashworth
