DO YOU ACCEPT YOURSELF?

What does it mean to be empowered?

Living in your authentic truth. Now this might be easier to realize than it is to embody.

As a first step we have to become aware and then acknowledge the ways that we have not been living from an empowered place. From there we can begin to take actions to shift our life to reflect who we are meant to be.

I recall a time where I was listening to a friend speak to me about how she was struggling to achieve many of the things she desired. She was having relationship issues and many significant challenges with her family but overall feeling really victimized by the many things going on around her.

One thing that continued to stand out to me in listening to her, is how much she was concerned with what other people thought and how she was coming across.

"Does this make me a bad person if I do ______"
"My father will be mad at me if I do ___ even though it is what I really want to do"

Getting over what other people think about us is a big stage in our evolution.

Really this is a process of overcoming fear. Fear of losing love. We feel that if we become who we really are, we will not be accepted.

The is very ironic in many ways, because we end up ultimately losing ourselves to "gain" something less valuable from other people or the world at large.

So with that, I encourage you to follow your truth. It is the only way to freedom.

Andrew M.