How does the word "empowerment" make you feel?

EMPOWERMENT – what does this word mean to you, as you read it? What thoughts and feelings does it instantly bring to your mind?

In the work I have chosen empowerment is a huge core of all that it is, empowerment to me is a soft and kindly word, full of love and respect for who you are.

But do some of us find empowerment, a word of fear. If we empower others to “do” and “be” or heal for themselves, will that mean we are no longer “needed”?

An example of this came to me this month on an Angel Experience Day. At the end of the day, I asked if anyone had any questions or concerns that they wanted to go through – anything that I had possibly not made clear.

One lady said” yes, you have been with us all day and I would like to know what you think about us”.

I understood her reasons for this question but still a burst of fire rose up in me, for her experiences that had possibly caused the lady to ask this question.

And so I answered;

“I do not have the right to step within your boundaries unless invited by you, in the form of an Angel Healing or Card Reading; therefore although I may have seen Angels present in this room today, it is not for me to look any further.

My purpose is to empower you to see, hear, feel and know for yourself, you are just as powerful as me, I am no better and no less than you.

Too often at the beginning of my own journey, I would attend workshops, being guided through visualisations, seeing my Guides and Angels, to be told by the workshop leader, that they looked different to what I was seeing. I felt at the time a lesser person than the person at the front, disempowered, I felt that what I was seeing was wrong. I have now grown to realise that we all see things differently. How I see your Angels may be different, we are seeing through different eyes, that does not make you or I wrong. It is far more important to me, what you see, feel, hear or know – as it is your experience and therefore your truth.

I will empower and guide you with the skills I have acquired on my way but I will not hear, see, and feel for you, without your permission”

Long winded reply, I know, this is all “new” to her and sometimes we do seek from others through our own uncertainty, bit like riding a bike but surely it is a greater gift to be shown the skills to practice for yourself, then feel lesser than another, there are no rules on this pathway and no right or wrong way, only you will know by trusting you, what direction to take, the sooner on your journey the better, as it saves much heartache and confusion.

Do you see now, how often power is taken rather than given?

When someone is in a “tight spot”, is it not taking their power away to go in and solve it all, rather than gently guiding them how to sort it out for themselves – think of the sense of achievement and confidence that person would have and self love. All the lessons that person would have learnt and not have to learn again, standing strongly on their own two feet. It does not mean we would be no longer “needed” or less loved.

Is it not wiser for us all to trust ourselves, to be independent rather than dependant? Is it that not a greater love for ourselves and all around us?

We are no less and no better than any other person. We are all beautiful, we are all wise, we are all love and we all have the power within to achieve all our heart desires.

How does the word EMPOWERMENT make you feel now?