Gutsy Gal – The Spirit of Perpetual Rising Posted by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Holy Cards | This week we celebrate Gutsy Gal.You won’t find her on any official calendarof any official religion or otherwise unofficial, underground circles or covens.Search the canons of mythology and theology,and you’ll find a lot of Feisty Fionas but no Gutsy Gal.You’re looking in all the wrong places.Take a good look at the woman in the mirror(with all those merry wrinkles of time well spent!)Give her a wink.You’ve just found Gutsy Gal.Now that you have found one Gutsy Gal,how about another one?Gutsy Gal is everywhere.As soon as you see her in the mirroryou start seeing her all the time…Hint:She is usually perched on the edge —— Just about to leap. Just about to rise … The woman in the wheelchair at the gym who crawls to the edge of the pooland plunges in with giggles of delight.The woman on the edge of unbearable sadnesswho dares to leave a marriage in her wisdom years‘cause, come hell or high water,she’s going out with a jig in her heart!The woman who loves her hubby to deathas she walks him right to the edge of his wonderful life.The woman brought to the edge of despairwho finally says, “Help me out of here”and is surprised by kindness.The woman at the edge of her hesitationwho cartwheels off the precipice of fearinto the fullness of being alive.The young girl at edge of womanhoodwho finds her voiceso that we might find our courage. All the women who meet us at the edge of our consciousnessand escorts us into the sanctum of our holy of holies …and every woman who goes there.The woman who tells the stories.The woman who midwives the change.The woman who heals the only human with open arms to the simply divine.The woman who meets the stranger with an open heart.The woman who welcomes the stranger into her own heart. The woman who stands on the edgeand dances and sings and laughsin the midst of it allbecause she must!Should you be so fortunate to cross the path of Gutsy Gal(who sometimes leaves her hat behind)bow deeply to the light in herthat shines in you. Blessed be!******Mary Byrne Hoffmann – April 2018