You are a powerful creator—own your power!
How many times have you heard this phrase and yet, it hasn’t helped you thus far? These words have not helped you to change your life or to create the life or your dreams. You are experiencing more of the same. You do not feel powerful. Perhaps you feel frustrated and at the end of your tether with all this creator stuff.
Well, perhaps a bit more information will help. After all, knowledge is power. Knowledge gives you the power to understand what is happening and why it is happening and this, in turn, empowers you to create, yes, create the life you want.
Let’s start with the word own, ownership. Ownership implies responsibility. The vehicle I own comes with the responsibility to care for it. My car must be maintained, and when I do have a problem with my car, it is my responsibility to have it seen to by a qualified person.
It is my responsibility to pay the bill for all the maintenance and repairs. Should I decide to not look after my vehicle, it will no doubt leave me standing on the side of the road sooner or later, and that would be my fault for not being responsible.
So, what is your responsibility as far as your life is concerned? Firstly, it is your life and thus you may lead it (within the bounds of law) any way you like. That said, you are obviously unhappy if your life, like that car, has broken down, and it is by implication your responsibility to do something about it.
And whilst a Good Samaritan may assist with getting you emergency assistance, it is and will remain your responsibility to get your life “fixed.”
All too often we grasp for an easy answer, a life raft which will come to us and rescue us from ourselves. This is not empowering and will not help you experience the power you inherently possess. Only when we accept full responsibility for our lives, how it has unfolded, will we also feel the power we own.
The more responsible you become, the further your wings will stretch. Blaming someone or waiting for someone else to rescue you only gives your power away.
This is not what is implied by the world powerful. Power, and owning it, means you have rights and obligations. It is your right to live your best life but, in order to do so, it is your obligation to be proactive, to take the steps to start the process of improving your life and circumstances.
You will not sit your way to success or complain your way out of dissatisfaction. Change will require from you a belief in yourself, your power; it will require effort, a certain amount of discomfort, and, eventually, the change you desire.
Only when you accept your rights and the accompanying obligations will you own your power. Only when you envisage the end result and take the necessary steps in between will you fully experience the power to change your life.
So, the next time you hear the words “you are a powerful creator,” remember create is a verb. A doing word, as my junior teacher used to say. It requires of us to do what is necessary to create the life we want. Let me say it again: You are a powerful creator and every day you are creating.
As Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz told Dorothy: “You always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.”
