Where are you placing your power? Are you giving power to outside stuff or are you receiving power from the power that lives inside of you?

Spot-check yourself. Are you basing the quality of your Facebook status on how many likes it gets?  If so, you’re giving power to an idea that you’ll only be enough when you get 10 likes. But what happens when you reach 10 likes? Ten will not be enough. We’ll want more. When you’re giving power to something outside of you, it’s exhausting. You literally feel exhausted. Take an inventory of how you feel when you’re talking to people?

Are you trying to prove something about yourself? Are you the person who is trying to prove how great they are to people because, inside, you really feel like you’re not good enough?

Are you placing people on a pedestal? Do you see people who have a large fan base and think they’re better than you because of that? 

Are you placing yourself on a pedestal? Do you think you’re better than someone because you have something that someone else doesn’t?

Are you placing your happiness in having the “perfect” day of eating? Are you placing your power in exercise? Do you believe that your day is incomplete when you don’t exercise? Then, you are placing your quest for happiness in something outside of you. When we reach for happiness in something outside of ourselves, it’s like reaching for love in a sea of fear. You will always come up empty handed.

Who you are is not not what you do. What you do is an extension of who you are. But it does not – and never will – define who you really are. And who you really are is a loving person put here on this planet to use your inner authentic power to connect with that love inside of you and then go out and share it with everyone you meet.

It’s time to OWN your authenticity and channel it. Use your authenticity to create. We’re all creators. And our natural ability to create comes from tapping into that authenticity.  So, tap in baby.

• Start becoming aware of how you’re giving away your power. Don’t judge yourself. Just become aware of how you’re giving your power away to others and how you’re trying to seek power in outside sources. Are you seeking power in others or inspiration from others? Are you obsessed or are you inspired? There’s a big difference!
• Start tapping in and receiving the power that lives inside of you.  A Course in Miracles says that just five minutes in stillness is enough for you to receive that burst of authenticity. Start by playing a song that inspires you. Close your eyes, breathe, and just let love flow through you. Every day. Have a journal nearby so you can free write after that meditation. Put pen to paper and just let it all out on the page.

This is an ideal time to start passion projects. If you’ve been procrastinating on an awesome idea or project that you know will give you joy and will be of service to others, do it! Tap into that authenticity and just take the leap.

Leap into authenticity and a net of inner peace will appear.

Stay lovely,
Heather