(ThyBlackMan.com) I pledge to honor and respect my womb and by doing so, others will have no choice but to follow suit.
I pledge to NOT allow anyone unworthy entry into my private thoughts, places and spaces.
I pledge to love myself, really and truly fall in love with myself.
I pledge to REFUSE to accept anyone else’s appraisal of MY WORTH.
I pledge to strive hard to not place myself in any positions that compromise my integrity, my value, my spirit, my heart, my mind and my soul.
I pledge NOT to use my womb as a “come up” as an ATM, as a form of entrapment, as a way to ensure a financial future, as weapon in a counter attack or even a preemptive strike against the father of my child.
I pledge to purge both my mental and physical womb of all impurities, impediments and destructive behavior.
I pledge to REJECT the seeds of dissension that attempt to separate me from the Black Man and the Black Family.
I pledge to NOT condemn myself for those times that I didn’t know myself, and was careless regarding the sacredness of my womb, but I will hold myself RESPONSIBLE going forward because now I know better.
I pledge not to use the fact that I was never taught the value of my womb as a crutch to continue a destructive cycle, as I will continue to stay on a path towards knowledge, learning and seeking what was not taught to me, so that I can become a TEACHER to others.
I pledge to teach my daughters and the daughters of our community the beauty and power and of their wombs.
I pledge to not to use infantile language such as “ I want to have your baby” but rather “I want to be the foundation upon which you build your legacy“.
I pledge to no longer barter my womb for validation, but seek validation within MYSELF.
I pledge to never allow a man to break me…when he didn’t CREATE me.
I pledge that if I call myself the Mother of Civilization, then I will take responsibility for ALL the children that I have birthed as I know the privilege, honor and responsibility that comes with being a Mother.
I pledge that I will strive to uphold this pledge, even in a moment of weakness or temptation, I will remember those times where I gave in, and how empty I would feel afterwards. I will stop and look at myself and see the woman I’ve become, no longer wanting to be the woman I USED to be. I will stop and look at the man before me and ask is he worth it? Is he worth me risking my life if I become pregnant? Is this the type of man that I would want to carry? Has he proven himself worthy of me? Do I want to be bonded for him for the rest of my life? Do I know him well enough to determine what kind of man he is, let alone what type of father he will be. Is he worth breaking this oath to myself? And if I can honestly have that conversation with myself, and if my answers are no, then I pledge to leave with my virtue in tact.
Sisters, as we say and take this pledge together, let’s keep one another strong. Let’s teach this to our daughters, our Sister Girls, our nieces, our god daughters, so that we can instill the proper understanding of the power in our wombs so they won’t be mis-educated and have a misconstrued idea of the REAL power our wombs hold.
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