RECLAIMING OUR POWER
How many of us give up our power and become a victim? Maybe all of us at one time or another do. Being in control of oneself is about making the right decisions for us. It’s not about being a victim to another’s control or having power over others. It’s definitely not about losing our self-esteem to another person. Losing our humanness by allowing another to control our destinies and potential is akin to losing our souls. Losing ourselves “in” someone else. I’ve voluntarily given up my power to many people in my lifetime. I became a victim. When my parents divorced when I was six, I felt powerless. I felt betrayed, and I became a victim of my parent’s problems, trying to fix whatever had gone wrong with them. I made concessions and gave up a part of my freedom by buying into their divorce– their problems.
I wonder how many times each of us gave up power when someone made a crude and rude retort about us? How many times we actually believed the jealous or disgruntled person making the remarks. As a female, I wonder how many times I suffered in silence when negative remarks were made about my growing maturity. My womaness? My right as a human to change? It may seem like part of life, but it all adds up, and eats at our self-esteem. The losses of power grow into a womb of negativity. We need to reclaim the powers that we gave away in our lifetimes. We need to let go of the past and start over in our minds. Fill ourselves “up” with the power of God that resides within each of us. Reclaim “us”. Wrong is wrong! Right is right! Our allowing power outages within our souls is wrong! I believe the stuff about God giving us free will is all about us realizing we must retain the power of the whole self within. To truly feel we are in control of our potentials.
Let’s all turn the power of our souls back on! Begin by lighting one candle a day for each and every power outage you’ve suffered in your lifetime. When you blow out the flame, allow the victimization you suffered in your lifetime to be released slowly into the universe of love and forgiveness. Allow the victim within yourself to slowly fade away, replaced by goodness and forgiveness. Then . . . reclaim your powerful light, along with your right to be a whole and complete human. Take back your power! I believe you can do it! Just one candle a day. That’s all it takes.