Summary

The article discusses the importance of taking full responsibility for one's life to empower oneself and improve personal well-being.

Abstract

The author of the article emphasizes personal empowerment through accepting 100% responsibility for one's life, including thoughts, emotions, and actions. The text suggests that by letting go of excuses, blame, and the need to rescue others or be right, individuals can maintain their energy and feel more confident and in control. The article also advises against getting caught up in dramas, "shoulds," and indecision, advocating for the practice of choosing peace, positive thinking, and gratitude to enhance one's sense of power and attract more positive experiences.

Opinions

The author acknowledges their own struggle with weight gain during the pandemic and the realization that blaming external circumstances is disempowering.
Emphasizing personal responsibility is key to manifesting desires and maintaining control over one's life.
Carrying emotional "baggage" and engaging in victimhood, rescuing others, insisting on being right, and indulging in dramas are seen as ways in which individuals give away their power.
The use of "shoulds" is viewed as a hindrance to personal power, suggesting that this language should be eliminated from one's thoughts.
The article suggests that a powerful person creates their life rather than reacting to it, and that this proactive stance leads to attracting more positive experiences.
Practicing the release of negative thoughts and emotions in favor of peace and positivity is presented as a method to regain and maintain personal energy and power.

How Do We Empower Ourselves?

We accept 100% responsibility and let go of all our “stuff”

I have gained 10 pounds since the start of the pandemic. Oops.

My husband and I have even been walking 6 miles a day and playing tennis every other day. I am normally a low carber. Sugar and flour are not normally my foods. I feel better not eating them. But during the pandemic, I have been doing a lot of baking — cookies, cornbread, quick breads. You know, comfort food.

I’ve been blaming the pandemic.

I’ve come up with lots of “great” excuses.

Hmm. The blaming and excuses aren’t working so well for me.

I’m not accepting 100% responsibility for my health and wellbeing.

I somehow forgot this important mindset!

Everything in our world is energy. Our thoughts, our emotions, our intentions, our decisions, our actions, our relationships, things, stuff. We either grow our energy and feel empowered or we give it away and feel disempowered.

How do we grow our power?

The key to growing and feeling the magic of our own energy and power is to accept 100% responsibility for everything in our life.

We get really clear about what we want to manifest. We decide to have it. We commit to it. We accept responsibility for it. We take actions toward it.

Many of us get this have set the intention to do so. Some of us are still working on this. We may accept full responsibility in some parts of our lives but are still working on other areas.

When we accept responsibility, accountability, ownership for our thoughts, feelings, emotions, actions, reactions, we empower ourselves. We hold on to our energy, we grow our energy, we feel strong, confident, courageous by accepting control of our responses to life, to challenges.

What are some keys to doing this?

We simply give up the baggage and “stuff”.

We give away our power when carry around all that baggage and “stuff”. It is all just “stuff”. It is heavy and burdensome to carry. I am not a baggage handler. I want to go forward lightly. We let these go.

We give up blame, denial, and excuses.

We give away our power when we blame. These thoughts make us victims. Victims have no power and feel powerless. Victims feel helpless. So we let these go. I am not a victim.

We give up rescuing others.

We give away our power when we rescue. Some of us need to be needed, but then feel unappreciated, unacknowledged, and resentful that we have given but not received. Or, when we have given but not taken care of ourselves. Rescuers have no power and feel powerless. Rescuers feel depleted. So we stop correcting, improving, organizing, and carrying others. We let them take care of themselves just as only we can take care of ourselves. We let this go.

We give up always having to be right.

We give away our power when we insist on being right and try to assert our power. It is draining. No one wants to be forced, bullied, or pressured anyway. We let this go.

We give up our dramas.

Anytime we enter a drama, anytime we react with negative thoughts or negative emotions, we give away our power. Dramas drain us, exhaust us, deplete us, and disempower us. Just let it go. Just stop. No one is interested in our dramas.

We give up “shoulds”.

Wow, how terrific is this one? We all have “shoulds” hanging around in our heads. We give away our energy and power when we are always thinking, agonizing, or worried about something we “should” do. So, we practice banning this word from our vocabulary, thoughts, feelings. Goodbye “should”.

We give up “trying”.

We either do, or we do not. But we let go of “try”.

We give up “maybe”.

It is either yes or no. It may be no right now, but can become a yes later.

Letting go of these things takes practice. We simply practice.

We have to observe ourselves, catch ourselves in the middle and then let them go. We practice.

We catch ourselves and then choose peace.

We choose peace, power and energy rather than the drama, having to be right, the shoulds, the blame, the excuses. We take a deep breath. We simply choose peace.

We catch ourselves and stop.

We walk away rather than get engaged in a drama, a negative event. We take a deep breath. We take a time out.

We switch to a positive thought.

We tell ourselves we can change our reaction or emotion to a positive one. We switch to gratitude. We think of our successes. We celebrate milestones and wins.

When we do these simple things, we feel the power, energy, joy, peace, calm return to our body, our mind, our emotions. We feel lighter. We feel good.

We allow ourselves to feel the confidence that we can control our thoughts and emotions.

We feel the magic of being a powerful person. It is simply a choice, a mindset, a practice.

We choose to accept 100% responsibility for our life.

A powerless person reacts to their life. A powerful person creates their life.

Then the magic really begins.

Because as we stand in our power, feeling the energy, confidence, peace, we attract more and more of these same things.