Do You Own Your Power?

Do you allow what other people say or think about you affect you? Do you let it get into your mind and affect how you feel?

Do you allow your own negative thoughts to affect you and create beliefs that do not serve you?

“Do You Own Your Power?”

If truth be told, I feel that all of us fall into this at certain times in our lives. We may even just wander in and out of it at different times, but we can all be subject to letting go of our own power by being influenced or affected by someone else or by allowing ourselves to believe the negative thoughts in our own head.

Recently I took a trip to Lake Powell with my husband. We have a cabin cruiser boat that we leave stored there in dry dock and we take several trips a year to stay on the lake. It is one of our favorite places to go. We also have a four person blow up raft with a motor that my husband purchased that we take out quite often to just relax, fish or explore tight little canyons and find great

places to hike. As you can see, our “four person” boat consists of two people and two dogs. Back in the day, when our children were younger we owned a large houseboat and speedboat and you would see us doing all kinds of water sports for entertainment rather than floating around this huge lake for entertainment. (Crazy how life changes…)

But this past trip, my husband said he wanted to “take me out for ice cream”, which meant go into the marina to get a refreshing treat… pretty much like a date. Only we would be taking the floaty boat that I affectionately have named “The Little Dingy”. Yep, our date to the marina in The Little Dingy.

We head out on what is to be about a three hour round trip excursion. It was fabulous. I got to catch some rays and work on my tan, we listened to an exciting audio book, relaxing and having a great time. Not a care in the entire world. Until……we pulled into the rental boat area, passing the huge houseboats and yachts worth tons of money. We looked like the Clampetts!

Quickly we were able to see all of the people starring at us and you could see on their faces the humor and thoughts going through their heads. We float on up to the dock, tie off The Little Dingy, tie the dogs up and begin our climb out of this little floaty boat onto the dock, which was almost waist high from the water. I am sure it was quite the sight to see! We went into the store, purchased our vanilla ice cream waffle cone and go back out to sit and enjoy our yummy treat. Meanwhile we now have four people talking to our dogs and have drawn in even more attention.

Meanwhile, let me tell you that my husband Bill is not even noticing all of the attention, nor does he even give it a second thought. He could care less about what anyone else thinks! I on the other hand, am very aware of the people starring, the quiet comments and the judgement of all of our spectators. I decide in my mind that this is embarrassing and that it is not very cool. I immediately allowed what I thought they might think or how they would be judging me affect how I felt about me!

How often do we do this? I did not have any truthful idea of what they thought…how would I know their thoughts? Why would I allow myself to have feelings about what other people might think?

We laugh at this and yet, it happens all the time! Even if I would have heard the things that they said, I do not have to believe anything that anyone else says out of judgement of me! Honestly, it is none of my business! It does not matter. It is their opinion, based on their own circumstances and their own judgement. Not determined on my truth or my reality! Think about it, we were at the rental dock. They do not own the houseboat they are boarding….hint, I used to be an owner of one even bigger than they are renting. Second, I am riding by choice in The Little Dingy having a great time, what does it matter? Right?

I use this ordinary little example to get your attention. How are you allowing other peoples perception, judgement and opinions affect how you feel? This is NOT OWNING YOUR POWER!

To completely Own Your Power you must be willing to STOP doing some things and START doing other things. Although this is not at all a comprehensive list of what a person needs to be willing to do, this will get you started in taking a good look into what you could be doing more consistently and what you could be willing to let go of.

Owning your power comes when you STOP:

Owning your power comes when you START:

All of your POWER is WITHIN You! Trust yourself. Believe in Yourself. Be Yourself and do not allow others to take that away from you.

Join me in our video this week as I share with you from the beach on Lake Powell! I love being able to share with you the raw and real truth and my experiences when I too need to realign myself and let go of things that do not serve me. Watch it and see where you might be able to improve your own life!