Power and Vulnerability
These days have been intense and challenging. Our times are ever
changing with new arenas of possibilities being presented almost daily. Our society, as
well as our technological reality, has changed significantly. How is this affecting
man/womankind? If we take it one person at a time and we are able to get a truly authentic
powerful and vulnerable answer, I bet that the answer that they are overwhelmed.
In any given day we have to check our email, check our phone messages
(our cell phone, work phone and our home phone), answer all of the above, keep track of
our car, homes, finances, groceries, health, exercise, work, what to eat based on the
latest findings, what not to eat, when to eat it, not to mention having time to enjoy
family and friends and I must add that underlying it all is a part of us may be worried
about a terrorist attack. To make a point, I am leaving that sentence as a run on sentence
to emphasize the energy of being overwhelmed! So all you grammar buffs, I know it
is a run on sentence!
To be overwhelmed is to be upset, to cover completely, to submerge, to
overcome by superior force or numbers or to overpower in thought. If I am in the state of
being overwhelmed, how can I get back to being connected with who I truly am? How can I
even find me under all those distractions and daily challenges? I’m not sure I have
an answer for you or me, but I may have some suggestions to start shifting in more
positive and hopefully peaceful directions.
I just returned from a trip to enjoy a family reunion. This was one of
the best things I could have done for myself. When I got there, I found out that my aunt
‘tricked’ me into coming by telling me that she needed my help. That was a wake
up call to find that she recognized that the only way to get me to slow down long enough
to be with family was to tell me I needed to work to help her. So, suggestion number 1 is,
take the time to spend with those you really love and those who love you exactly as you
are. It is nurturing and loving for yourself and your loved ones.
During this same trip, my uncle made the same statement a number of
times over the course of the days we were together. He said, “The only thing constant
is change.” Suggestion number 2 is to accept that change is reality. Things are
constantly changing. The more we learn to flow with the changes verses fighting the
changes, the happier and healthier we will be. Suggestion number 3 is to pay attention to
our elders and spend time with them while we can, because some day we are going to wish we
did and then it might be too late.
Suggestions number 4 and so on travels into the realm of power and
vulnerability. To create a balance, we must step into our power while allowing ourselves
to be open and vulnerable. The challenge is the fine balance between the power of the ego
and the power of Love. One definition of power is to exert influence or to have an effect
on others or oneself.
The type of power I am speaking of is the power of Love. That power of
Love must have an effect on oneself first and then shared with others. Some
of us feel that showing vulnerability is a weakness. It is not. It takes a lot of strength
and power to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is allowing oneself to be open and to expose our
true self. If we are vincible we are capable of being overcome with love, tenderness and
truth. Our ego nature is to be invincible and never let anyone get that close. In these
times, although I recommend being discerning, allow yourself to be vulnerable around those
who are nearest and dearest to you. Let us return to loving each other fully and deeply.
One way to start is with those who are your true friends and loving family. Start today,
even if it is with only one or two dear ones. Open to the power of Love!
With tenderness and vulnerability I send many blessings and joy to you!
Margaret
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