A Question Of Power

by Anna

I have always struggled with the issue of having personal power. It scares me. All of the people who seemed powerful over me when I was a child were abusive.

I've heard some advice about being powerful and I have a beautiful affirmation script about being powerful that someone else has written, and I want to try to find a source of power within me, but I also have a fear of it. Some people say that we really don't have any power in our lives and that life is like leaves blowing in the wind. Some people say that we have power over everything in our lives. Perhaps the truth is more in the middle. Perhaps it's not the same for all people. I'm still searching for the real truth about personal power in my own life.

I wrote my own affirmation script about power and I will probably change it again before I get it the way I really want it. I will combine it with the other affirmation script about power that someone has written and see if I can find within myself a source of power that will not be so scary for me. I realize that the script that I just wrote is focused mostly on being assertive when someone is abusing me. That might be because I am dealing with someone that I need to be very assertive with now.

The affirmation script that I wrote this morning is below.


HAVING POWER IN MY LIFE

I learn about having power in my life from God and from other sources that I can trust. I also remember what I've already learned about my own power when I need to.

I know that I have a certain power within myself. This powerful energy that I have within me is for my own protection and for those times that I need to stand up along with some others against danger or anything else we need to stand up against.

I connect to God and I allow God to be within me. I know that God is a source of power that I can always turn to. God is always there for me.

I am powerful when I am dealing with anyone who is abusive towards me or who is trying to abuse someone that I love.

I stand up with my loved ones when I feel that I need to. Instead of taking care of my loved ones in a way that would make them weak, I stand beside them and face the dangers that I am supposed to be facing with them so that we can be strong together.

If there is a time when a loved one needs to face something on their own or with people or energies other than me, I allow them to do that. I know when to help and when not to help.

I understand that a strong combination of anger and love create a source of power for me. It is totally alright for me to get angry when someone is abusing me or when someone else is being abused.

I combine my power with love and purpose. I use my power for good, not bad. I only use my power in a forceful way when I absolutely have to.

I know that being a powerful person and being assertive when I have to be, enables me to be able to be the loving person that I really am. If I allow anyone else to abuse me, it would only hurt my own ability to love and to be loved. I have the right to be assertive and to be powerful in my own life.

Response from Dr. DeFoore

This is excellent, Anna. Thank you for your contribution. Many people will benefit from what you've written.