EMPOWERMENT
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I-Ching - The Tao Book Of Changes — click on link to take you to all 81 chapters of the book.
EMPOWERING OUR CHILDREN BY EMPOWERING OURSELVES
IS IT EVER TO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
INTEGRATING HUMANITY WITH THE SOUL
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FINDING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ADVERSITY — by Catherine Morgan
When we are suffering it is very difficult, if not impossible, to see the “light at the end of the tunnel”. But, it is there. You will get through it. And, in time your wounds really will be healed.
Can something good come out of adversity? Often in the face of adversity, we are unable to see anything through our pain. The only thing we can think about, are questions. Why is this happening to me? How will I go on? How will I survive? These are all reasonable questions, and in the depth of your pain you will ask them, and more. But, there are no answers to these questions. Only after you realize this, will you be able to go on, and let go.
We can not turn away from our pain. It is very important that we feel all our feelings during these times of adversity and heartache. Denying our pain, or denying our feelings, will not benefit us in any way. In fact, it will only prolong our troubles. But, if we look at our situation, and face our problems head-on; we will triumph.
You may feel like you are losing the “battle”; but when you push through your battle, you come out on the other side the winner of your “war”. That is because you are empowered when you conquer life’s toughest battles. Only at these times of empowerment do we grow into the people we are meant to be. Think about that for a minute. Who would you be right now, if it wasn’t for the adversity you have been through in your life?
For me personally, I wish I had never had to go through many of the painful events of my life; loss, divorce, illness, betrayal, (just to name a few). But, I also know that I would not be who I am today, had I not. My past heartache, and my past pain, are what make me the compassionate person that I am today. And in retrospect, I don’t think I would want to be the kind of person, who knows no hardships. It’s because of these hardships that I appreciate every thing I have, even the little things, that most people take for granted.
I can now see that my past adversity, has truly been a blessing in my life. I don’t look forward to future adversity, however I know it will come. When it does come, I will have the knowledge of my past strength to help me overcome, and once again triumph.
I hope for everyone, that they are able to one day look past their pain, to find their empowerment.
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March 5, 2007 at 6:33 pm
The crux.
Who would would be if we were not who we are?
I agree.
I would undo nothing, for if I did, there is much I owuld not have today. Ah, but in moments, who wouldn’t be willing to grab the eraser to rid the pain we feel that never should have been ours?
September 22, 2007 at 5:57 am
I Ching is a wonderful book. One of the messages I draw from it is that we’re not meant to seek answers per se, but to receive the answers as they flow from within. Some people interpret this book as a means to prepare them today for the undoing of their illusions created in the past. The ideas of guilt, fear and regret, are all projections, and themselves tests of who you are and what you’re truly made of. Remind yourself that some of your most meaningful progress was at least initially judged as failure, and some of your narrowest escapes have been perceived as success rather than refusal to face the source of emotional turmoil. We can learn from everything. Its a matter of your chosen point of view. Ancient wisdom like I Ching seems timeless because its applicability endures.
September 22, 2007 at 7:51 am
I agree 100%. Thanks for your comments.