Daily Meditation, Owning our Power
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Daily Meditation, Owning our Power
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Excerpt from The Language of Letting Go:
February 7 Owning Our Power
We need to make a distinction between powerlessness & owning our power.
The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can’t do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems & controlling their behavior. Sometimes, we feel powerless over ourselves – what we feel or believe, or the effects of a particular situation or person on us.
It’s important to surrender to powerlessness, but it’s equally important to own our power. We aren’t trapped. We aren’t helpless. Sometimes it may feel like we are, but we aren’t. We each have the God-given power, & the right, to take care of ourselves in any circumstance & with any person. The middle ground of self-care lies between the two extremes of controlling others & allowing them to control us. We can walk that ground gently or assertively, but in confidence that it is our right & responsibility.
Let the power come to walk that path.
Today, I will remember that I can take care of myself. I have choices & I can exercise the options I choose without guilt.
[ Daily Reflections & Meditations ]
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Excerpt from The Language of Letting Go:
February 7 Owning Our Power
We need to make a distinction between powerlessness & owning our power.
The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can’t do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems & controlling their behavior. Sometimes, we feel powerless over ourselves – what we feel or believe, or the effects of a particular situation or person on us.
It’s important to surrender to powerlessness, but it’s equally important to own our power. We aren’t trapped. We aren’t helpless. Sometimes it may feel like we are, but we aren’t. We each have the God-given power, & the right, to take care of ourselves in any circumstance & with any person. The middle ground of self-care lies between the two extremes of controlling others & allowing them to control us. We can walk that ground gently or assertively, but in confidence that it is our right & responsibility.
Let the power come to walk that path.
Today, I will remember that I can take care of myself. I have choices & I can exercise the options I choose without guilt.
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Thanks Searching - I love "Language of Letting Go" and you know I love Melody Beattie.
Being powerless over others does not mean we are helpless and can do nothing for ourselves. It means that the focus should rightly be on ourselves and our recovery.
Thank you for this reminder.
Being powerless over others does not mean we are helpless and can do nothing for ourselves. It means that the focus should rightly be on ourselves and our recovery.
Thank you for this reminder.
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