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Chris Riddle shared a letter in the
Women's Empowerment group 11 months, 2 weeks ago Finding my Power
Chris RiddleDear Unsealers,
I don’t ever want to be empowered. Please don’t.
If you give me power, you can take it back.
If you find me in a place where I can’t find my power, help me search.
If you find me in a place where I lack courage, teach me something I couldn’t do before.
If you find me in a place where I have more reasons why I can’t, help me discover why I can.
If you see me sitting with boxes of self doubt, with bags of trauma, with a cart full of other’s opinions of me, don’t tell me what you think.
If you stay along side me, ask me what I can do, ask me how I triumphed over my trauma, what I think of myself.
If I understand what I think of myself, what I can do, and how experiences have created in me a richness of strength and emotion that is uniquely mine.
I will know these things are the rich colors in the tapestry of my life.
I will understand the knowledge of myself is far more accurate and important than the things i am told about me.
I will exercise and give strength to knowledge and the skills, confidence to be myself, in every way.
I will know the power that comes from within. I will give myself permission.
When I know the power of myself it cannot be taken.
Please don’t empower me.
Aww, I like this line, “I will know the power that comes from within.” It is so important that each of us knows our power instead of looking for other people to validate it. Thank you for sharing. <3 Lauren
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Lauren,
Often When I have been given something it is taken away, or isn’t what it seems. All I have now I have achieved through my own work and diligence. I do realize that we are on our own journey and yet not alone. It is a function of loving myself that I accept and give gifts that inspire the kind of confidence that comes from self discovery. A hike, a climb, anything you didn’t know you could do. Suddenly find someone yelling, I did it! That is there’s alone. It can’t be taken away. That is the coolest thing.
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