A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...

Mi hermano mayor me mando por correo estas palabras tan lindas, que esta noche quiero compartirles, palabras escritas por la Dra. Maya Angelou.

Maya Angelou es una poeta, actriz y cantante Norteamérica fiel activista por los derechos civiles, actualmente es profesora de literatura en una universidad de Carolina del Norte.

La historia de esta gran mujer es digna de toda admiración y respeto.
Siendo una niña de tan solo 8 años fue violada por su padrastro, al cual lo golpearon hasta la muerte por haber cometido tal atrocidad.

La dolorosa situación que vivió Maya la llevo a un mutismo patológico.
Estando en esta fase de su vida se da cuenta que su vocación son las letras.

Pasa los años que le toma llegar a la adolescencia, al lado de su abuela y de su madre con quienes no tiene una buena relación.

Se convierte en madre soltera siendo apenas una niña de 16 años.
Uno de sus maestros la convence de hablar nuevamente para que pueda tener una mejor apreciación de la lírica.

Pero antes de vender un millón de copias de su primera novela,
ésta valiente mujer a ejercido la prostitución, cantó y bailó en clubes nocturnos, tal como ella lo describe en una de sus autobiografías.

Cuando toca los laureles del éxito lo hace como cantante, bailarina, actriz, directora de revistas, poeta y defensora de los derechos civiles.
En la toma de posesión del presidente Bill Clinton en 1993, leyó su poema

“On the Pulse of Morning”

A Rock, A River, A Tree
Hosts to species long since departed,
Marked the mastodon…

Nominada a varios premios y acreedora de muchos otros
nos regala a las mujeres
un poema que todas debemos de saber…


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 its 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.