BEING IN YOUR PERSONAL POWER
- Makwena Makgwane
Building from the article I shared previously on ways to own your personal power by now you should be wondering what the hype is all about when it comes to the awareness that is being created about PERSONAL POWER! It probably all sounds irritating and confusing especially if you don’t know what it means. You frequently hear things like “Step into your power, claim your power, be empowered, you have the power within etc.
Well, the time has come for us as people to seek solutions or inspirations from within instead of looking all over expecting our breakthrough to come from external/material things… the dialogue on personal power is more relevant as we seek to free ourselves from the prison of societal conformance. What you need to know is Personal Power is neither negative nor positive, it’s just power. It is what we do with it that makes the difference. Your Personal Power is your source of influence or authority over your life. All you have to do, to connect with your power is to turn on your device and allow your inner power to guide you towards your God-ordained purpose.
When I use the word Personal Power, I mean your ability to influence yourself. Your ability to make decisions, have a choice, be honest with your feelings, create your destiny, achieve your goals, share your gifts and talents with the world, make a meaningful contribution, and be happy, prosperous and successful. I believe we are all on a great journey to discover who we are and once we start this journey our awareness will expand, and we will discover a new relationship with what we value and what is possible.Think of it like this…
We tend to move towards what we perceive is valued from the time we are a child, and the problem with this is our perceptions have been crafted and formed over time by the values of our culture, religions, governments, family, friends, technology, mentors, global influencers, latest trends and much more. We have had little choice but to adopt the qualities perceived as valued to experience love and belonging. These Cultural values move from one generation to the next unquestioned for what we are accustomed to hearing, seeing and experiencing becomes our normality and sets the benchmark for what is valued. I am not suggesting you need to change your values, I am suggesting now and then take a pause and notice what resonates for you.
To be in your Power, you are being asked to question how you feel, think and act. I ask you to notice your values and how they shape your thinking, emotions, and performance. Personal Power is having the AWARENESS to deliberately CHOOSE.
In Closing I challenge you to PAUSE and check in and ask yourself,
“Did I really choose this for myself?”