The Path to Power

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Kahlil Gibran




The path to power is an inner journey. It is a journey that will lead one in many directions as one looks from the inside to the outside trying to resolve the dichotomy of inner perceptions and outer realities. When we face the conflicts between what we desire and what we have we are often wounded. We can be wounded when our expectations are not met as deeply as when people do hurtful things to us either physically or verbally.

Some people are born with a strong sense of self and purpose and they seem to face adversity with little outward showing of the scars of life. Others are just so lacking in perception that what ever happens in life it seems that they don’t even notice and just keep trudging along the path mindlessly. Others suffer from sensitivity so that some of the smallest things will send them reeling into deep angst or having to create illusionary realities to cope with the pain.

When we have honest friends along the way who have no agenda but to help us when things are tough and laugh with us when things are joyful, we find the journey to power less damaging. When we are an honest friend with no agenda but to help another when things are tough and laugh with him or her when things are joyful, he or she will find the journey to power less damaging.

Inner power is not the will to manipulate and control others but a drive to direct one’s own destiny. When we develop the skills to live in power in our minds and soul, we have completed the healing process and we can go forth as wounded healers. This empowerment will lead us on a quickening spiral of spiritual awareness that will bring us closer and closer to the knowledge of a divine spiritual connection that is the seed of power born within each soul.

Today in power I can choose to laugh, to cry, to yell, to dance, to rebel or acquiesce to life. In power, I realize I always have a choice.

My wish for you is that you always walk in power.