Are You Living In Your Power?

Your world view can often be defined by where you live and what is in your immediate surroundings. But then it is up to you what you do with that; whether you move to a new place, manage your outside space, influence what you see through your windows, what your hedges block out and how tidy you live. This also applies to your own head space; what attitudes you filter the world through, what you don’t let yourself see, what you see but then distort to serve another purpose. There are literally millions of ways to influence how you are living in your power.

Increase your power

If you want to increase your power, you can either remove things from your life that weaken you, or add things that strengthen you.

The more able you are to keep things simple, the easier it is to identify if something is adding or detracting from your power. An example of this might be the simple life pursued by a Buddhist monk. They tend to their basic needs and dedicate the rest of their time to spiritual learning and meditation. You may think you couldn’t live that way, but I can assure you that you could. The difficulty is undoubtedly the challenging transformation that must occur for you to want to, and to let go of all the things that you currently do. Covid lockdowns have shown us that we can change if we have to, but we can also change with significantly more ease when we want to.

Cemented in social belief is the perception that we buy the things we need and want and the people that can do so freely are advantaged and those that can’t are disadvantaged. I do not agree with this and in fact I think it is the foundation of many people’s limiting beliefs and dissatisfaction. To stay on your power path, you need to hold yourself accountable for what you think and what you do with your time.

Your power path is when you can stay in touch with what gives you strength and unlimited purpose. Being able to buy the things you want allows you to leverage your time by paying for it as a done for you service. But as some have seen during Covid, doing things for yourself and the important people in your life can be equally or more rewarding. I remember growing up as a kid and needing to mow the lawns and help with the dinners as a minimum contribution to our family household. Now many people have someone come and mow their lawns for them, they buy pre-prepared meals, take away or restaurant food, and never experience the learning of doing it themselves.

Yes, there were times when I would have preferred to do other things, but it taught me purpose and self-reliance. In needing to do those jobs, I also learnt about the pleasure of contribution which has given me more meaningful satisfaction than all the things I own.

Summary to living in your power

• Simplify your life
• Remove and reduce the things that make you weak
• Add and increase the things that make you strong
• Change can be challenging and painful, but it is also empowering
• When you want to do something good, you are “Powerful”
• Hold yourself accountable for your thoughts and actions
• Practice discipline over yourself
• Increase your self-reliance and purpose
• Your contribution amplifies your power
• Self-Discipline forms the scaffolding of your power