What exactly is personal power? Can anyone tell me? There are so many different ways to think about power. Some people think it’s money. Some people think it’s looks. Who has a bigger house? Who has the faster car? In the opera world it’s who’s working the most. It doesn’t matter if you have the best voice, but “where have you sung?”
Well I say BAH! to all of that. I think that we are right here, all of us, in our own personal power right now. I don’t care how much money you have. I don’t care how good you look. It doesn’t mattter if you are the funniest or the smartest or the most talented. The point is we are, all of us, all of those things. As a society, I believe that we focus too much on the negative aspects of these things. And at some point somewhere, we are convincing ourselves that we are not good enough.
Well we are good enough. We just have to get out of our own way. We have to learn to appreciate what is right in front of us. It’s ok to want more. This does not make us bad people. It’s fine to want more money. It’s fine to want a bigger house. It’s great to want an amazing career. Desire and passion are good things. Let’s just remember that it is really ok to be where we are right now. We keep our goals in sight and we make peace with everything around us. That is when things happen.
There is no more time for hate or jealousy. Don’t look at Jack and Jill next door and hate them because they have what you want. Make peace with them and love them for what they have, even if they gloat about it. Go ahead be the bigger person. Believe in yourself and go do what you came here to do. And always remember that all of us are in this together.
I am not meaning to hit anyone over the head with this today. I was just having a conversation about personal power before with a friend. And remembered how long it took me to realize that my power is right in front of me and all I had to do was reach out and take it. I was not taking it from anyone, because it was already mine. The truth is, you can’t have anyone else’s power. You simply cannot. Other people don’t always use theirs. Sometimes fear gets in the way and we feel helpless. But we can’t take anyone’s power and they can’t have ours. That’s the beauty of personal power. Personal Power, my friends, equals freedom.
Realize these are just one man’s opinions. I do believe that we can accomplish anything that we put our minds to. I have seen it happen when I’ve really wanted something, and remained content with the journey, not obsessing about the result. I have watched everything fall into place. It’s time to take that power back and remind ourselves that we can achieve anything. And we will do it with love in our hearts. Thanks for reading.
“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” -Albert Einstein
Slainte,
Kevin Doherty
