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slash · 09-06-2007, 02:53 PM

NOT EVEN CLOSE!! I am actually quite powerful.

I am powerless over a handful of things in this world - for example, my addiction and other people...the weather, blah blah blah. BUT I find it extremely important not to abbreviate it and claim simply that "I am powerless." This is very self-defeating and negative (and a huge untruth). I choose to empower myself whenever possible and so if I must state my powerlessness, I must also be specific and complete the sentence - "I am powerless over _______." It's just that there are SOooo many more things in life that I DO have power over than those I don't.

Let's empower ourselves, folks!

09-06-2007, 02:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
slash Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: www.ericwhitfieldart.com Posts: 114	NOT EVEN CLOSE!! I am actually quite powerful. I am powerless over a handful of things in this world - for example, my addiction and other people...the weather, blah blah blah. BUT I find it extremely important not to abbreviate it and claim simply that "I am powerless." This is very self-defeating and negative (and a huge untruth). I choose to empower myself whenever possible and so if I must state my powerlessness, I must also be specific and complete the sentence - "I am powerless over _______." It's just that there are SOooo many more things in life that I DO have power over than those I don't. Let's empower ourselves, folks!