“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alice Walker
This is such an interesting quote because it’s harder to embrace your power than it is to give it away. Well, for me at least. I’d rather give away my power than do it all myself. I have a few reasons: I’d rather share it. I’d rather there be peace. I’d rather be left alone in my own space to learn and write all day. It’s hard for me to make an argument against those things. Especially because I feel like having power is scary and lonely, and people leave. None of those are based on facts, but for me, they feel very real and very big.
So I face my fear of power in bite-sized pieces. Some days it’s focusing on how I can show up authentically at school; some days it’s about how I can take care of myself without shame (that was today for me), and on rare occasions, it’s showing up for myself in a big way. I want to live my life being courageous. I think this is a good way to do it.
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