The Direction of Intention

93.
Join me in inspiring truly powerful people. Each day I will add a new thought, story or idea to support your quest and mine.

Empowered people empower others because the story-they-tell-themselves-about themselves is one of empowerment. They have no need to tell another kind of story or participate in any stories of diminishment.

Their story of empowerment, although original (as it is to all of us), was lost beneath a default story and not easy to remember and reclaim. Empowered people empower others because they know what sparkles beneath the dull face of the default story. They know how difficult it is to scrape away the clutter and see the original story of empowerment.

Each of us has a default story. It is the false story we learn and eventually claim that splits us from ourselves. It is the story of false comparisons or false expectations. Have you ever thought that you need to do something to be perfect? That is your default story. Have you ever told yourself that you are not good enough, not as good as others? That is your default story.

It is the story you resist and, paradoxically, the story that you claim. When you tell yourself that you are not creative, you are arguing for your default story. If you feel like you have one foot on the gas and one foot on the brakes, you are telling your default story.

What would it take to argue as vigorously for your wholeness as you argue for your diminishment? What would you need to relinquish to reclaim a story of wonderment and release the story of routine?

Filed under: Truly Powerful People |