{"id":2735,"date":"2016-05-25T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2018-02-06T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T23:33:58","slug":"power-do-you-fear-it-or-embrace-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=2735","title":{"rendered":"POWER! Do You Fear it or Embrace it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join the Vision Quest Retreats FB LIVE discussion: Claim Your Power!<\/strong><\/a> starting Feb 7th at 7:30 pm est and running for 5 weeks!<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not<\/em> to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.\u201d Marianne Williamson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"StormI don\u2019t know about you but I certainly relate to this quote. I have often felt that that I am somehow ambivalent about my power. Wanting to take it up yet sometimes fearing and even rejecting it. \u00a0I continue to work\u00a0daily to rid myself of this ambivalence and to take up and use my power but often still find myself held back. I\u2019ve been meditating on this notion of power and my attitude toward it for some time and as I figure I can\u2019t be alone in this quest I\u2019ve decided to share my thoughts on this problem and some possible solutions with you and hope to get your comments and feedback.<\/p>\n

When I started musing on this the logical first question was WHAT IS POWER (in the context of personal power)? Because of my ambivalence the next question that came up for me was WHY DO WE DENY OUR POWER? There are many reasons for this, mostly driven by fear. I went on to think about things that DRAIN and LEACH our power and finally with an eye toward a solution I contemplated how we get and then maintain this power. I\u2019ve captured my\u00a0answers, thus far\u00a0to these questions below in bullet form and would really love your comments (especially as this post is a stub for a larger article that I\u2019m working on).<\/p>\n

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Princess Isabelle of Xamayca with her hound Xerxes (Illustration by Wayne Rodney)<\/p><\/div>\n

Power is\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n