Empowerment is more often a topic for discussion lately, I believe because we are undergoing a shift in paradigms. Most people are looking at the changes going on in the world as a “bad” thing. I see the metaphor of the butterfly when I look around.

What it feels like to me is that society is like the caterpillar that is undergoing change and in that transition of going from the less than gracefully caterpillar to the butterfly there is a struggle. With change comes turmoil often because most people resist it and react instead of responding from a place of power.

We all want a better health care system, yet just look at all of the resistance going on in Washington. We want prosperity, yet our system breed debt and Wall Street and the markets are a mess. Then there’s the issue of relationships. Depression and dysfunction is at an all time high, yet, most people resist personal change until they hit the proverbial brick wall.

Why wait?

Change is going to come either way. We can resist kicking and screaming or adapt and learn how to get into the flow. We can proactively release our old baggage and wounded emotional patterns by learning new ways of shifting using our awareness and working with the energy of life, or we can stuff our feelings and continue to experience more chronic disease and lack of peace within ourselves and with others.

Fear, suffering and misery can be dealt with if we would simply make a conscious decision to make friends with the inevitable. As long as you are in this human body, you WILL have to contend with change and emotion. Mark it down. So, what I’ve found is, going the route of cooperation is the way to go.

Since I have learned, using a combination of science, intuition/spirituality and psychology, how to proactively manage my thoughts, feelings and emotion, I see and experience life in a whole new way. I see a whole new world. We don’t see life the way it is; we see it as we are wired on the inside.

The world is but a reflection of our inner beliefs. Since I have learned how to make friends with change, I am far less reactive to the monkey wrenches that get thrown into my day. I really like and love who I am, which for me would have seemed impossible a decade ago. I have better relationships, I’m in excellent health, and I expect the best so I no longer fear disappointment.

If I don’t get what I want, then I choose again. We are taught to live in fear of disappointment and to run from “negative” (I say inharmonious instead) feelings. There are reasons for this, and it is not rocket science to understand. It just takes a willingness to open our minds and to learn some new ideas and paradigms.

It is simple, maybe not always easy, but if you want to have an abundant whole life, you must learn to make peace, make friends which change and emotions, the two power brokers that determine if you live empowered or victimized. What do you think?

Tags: Confidence, Empowerment, Self-Esteem

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