To live our life guided by that which lives within us.
And yet, too often, some part of our heart
Waits for someone else to give the go-ahead
Before we fully embody our wisdom and our silliness,
Our joy and our sorrow.
This is what it means to give our power away:
To court the approval of others
To silently ask for permission that is not another's to give
To spend our lives waiting
For that which was within us all along.
~Oriah House "Permission" (c) 2015 (Gratitude for the photo from Karen Davis Open Door Dreaming)
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Thank you Oria for reminding me. Helped me see that it is not the other persons permission to give.
ReplyDeleteIt's a slippery one to hang on to Lizzie- I think we come back to it over and over. :-)
DeleteThis really struck me at my core. Never realized caring too much what others think and wanting their approval is a way I give my power away. No wonder I often feel so disempowered. I also loved the line, "Before we fully embody our wisdom and our silliness." I love the idea that we need to fully embody both - our wisdom AND our silliness... our unique character. I often "hide" my quirkiness from people, not wanting to show too much of my real self (of course for fear of judgment), but now that I read that, it seems silly (pun intended :). I need to embody even the silly parts of me. Love that Oriah, thank you...
ReplyDeleteMay the silliness begin!
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