Your Personal Power, Growth & Evolution

GROWTH

Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted.  If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. Nothing changes in life unless you change your thought. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind. Think a new thought.  We are all led to the truth for which we are ready.  If you are not ready, nothing will change.  It is your evolution.  Your journey to discovering WHO YOU ARE.  Yet if you knew WHO YOU ARE - that you are the most magnificent, most remarkable, most splendid being God (or the Universe) has ever created - you would never fear.  For who could reject such a wondrous magnificence?  Not even God could find fault in such a being.  Believe in yourself! 

"The important thing is to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become"
~Charles Dubois~

"The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief."
~ Eileen Caddy

PERSONAL POWER

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. You are the accumulation of your thoughts and beliefs and this is the person whom you show to the world.  Are you proud to present THIS person to the world?  Do you love WHO YOU ARE and how you treat those around you?  Are you proud of the choices, decisions and beliefs that you hold today?  To many, looking within oneself and acknowledging ugly truths or accepting responsibility for their less than honorable actions, is a difficult task. To some, this means to accept and acknowledge that the things you may have said or done in the past, means to accept that you are a terrible person for doing such things.  Not so.  We all have an innate desire to be good people.  If we knew how to "do better" we would do better.  We can only "do" what we know how to do.  Therefore, we are doing the best we can with the knowledge that we have today.  Your point of personal power is always in the present moment. NOW is the time to take control of your power. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.

Take in your power and be proud of WHO YOU ARE, the decisions and choices you have made and the person whom you choose to show the world.  For that... is your chosen path.  Your life's journey.  Your Power can never be taken from you.  Only you, can give it away.  

THE VALUE OF MORAL COURAGE

Courage is a highly admired virtue. Most often we associate the word with physical prowess or bravery. But there's another form of valor that's much more important because it comes up more often. It's called moral courage - the willingness to face not physical danger but emotional pain, disapproval, financial insecurity, or uncertainty rather than compromise an ethical principle. 

 Moral courage is essential not only for a virtuous life, but a happy one. Without courage, we have no control over our lives. Our fears corrode our spirit and confine us like a barbed wire fence. That's why they say a coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man but one. 

 Integrity is essential to self-esteem and the admiration of others. It requires us to put our comforts, possessions, friendships, and even jobs at risk in the defense of deeply held principles.   Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.  Integrity is the essence of everything successful. 

 It takes moral fortitude to be honest at the risk of ridicule, rejection, or retaliation or when doing so may jeopardize our relationships, income or career. It takes boldness to be accountable and own up to mistakes when doing so may get us in trouble. It takes backbone to stand tough with our friends, lovers and children when doing so may cost us their affection.

 Mark Twain said, "Courage is not the absence of fear but the resistance of fear, the mastery of fear."

To paraphrase President Franklin D. Roosevelt, "The enemy is not what we fear; it is fear itself".

If our insecurities and anxieties cause us to lose confidence in the power of virtue, we will lose something very precious.
And simply knowing HOW is not enough to succeed in evolution.  It must be understood with clarity and APPLIED to be successful in your growth and evolution. 

People with moral courage rarely get medals, but it is the best marker of true character and a virtue others can be proud of.  

All my love...
xoxox...
L & L