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Nine years ago, on September 11, 2001, the world experienced an event unlike anything in recorded history. On this day, we witnessed the use of force in ways we, to this day, we may not fully understand. While we many not understand the use of such force, we may use this event to help us understand the unique power we all have no matter age, culture, creed or class.

To honor all lives and dreams lost on ANY day, I humbly ask you to pay attention to how you use force to give and receive power (no matter how large or small such force or power may seem to you at the moment).

Power:  a word worth paying attention to!

Force is different than power. Force requires ongoing use of resources to make something happen. Often, the use of force requires ever more force to continue to make something happen.  At some point, the energy needed to force things along fades and collapses.   We’re witnessing this in our economy as we speak!

Power requires no force. Power (in the highest form) inspires things to happen. Genuine, ethical, healthy power is what empowers such things as a healthy dedication, devotion or passion to be of service; a desire to learn and grow.

For example, which would you choose to experience:

• You receiving news that you MUST go on a strict diet to shed weight before you die of a stroke or heart attack? This external news forces you to deal with making changes.
• You feeling excited about making a decision to start becoming more healthy, one day, one step at a time. This decision bubbles up from deep inside you.

Herein lies the key to force versus power. Location of energy. If something external to you requires you to make something happen, there’s a high-likelihood you’ll experience or use force. Conversely, if you sense an internal drive to do something, such inspiration naturally empowers you to create what you need to allow something to happen. (FYI: this shift from the use of force to developing power is the cornerstone to this author’s private practice known as souldancing.)

Stop for a moment and think about those people in your life who you sense are powerful people in healthy, life-affirming, life-enhancing ways. What traits do these people display on a regular basis? Empathy? Compassion? Wisdom? Inspiring? Joyful? Kindness? A desire to allow you to BE who you are with NO desire to fix you? Add your traits to the comment box below.

Next, stop for a moment to wonder about those folks who force you to do things. What traits do they exhibit? Common traits include: selfishness, control over access to resources (money, people, etc.), spitefulness, greed, lack of concern for even their own health? Again, please do share comments in the comment box below on what other common traits you experience when you sense you’re forced to do something.

Finally, spend some serious quiet time pondering these questions:

“When do I feel powerful?”

“When do I feel forced to do something?”

Summary:

• Attack = force.
• Attract = power.

Which of these two ways of living do you wish to live? One path limits your worth by the amount of time, energy and related resources you have at hand. One path naturally GROWS your worth by (almost) effortlessly GIVING you the resources you need, when you need them. If you need help walking the latter path, consult with a personal or spiritual development professional.

As you come to genuinely KNOW your power, you’ll discover you will NOT force anything on any one, ever.  When this day arrives, you’ll find thoughts about worth turning to how you may support others in developing their sense of worth to it’s fullest!

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Wrapping up, you’re invited to expand your personal worth by . . .

Pay Me What I’m Worth:  Key Terms (tag cloud)

ethics, gratitude, health, integrity, love, money, power, property, reputation, respect, time, wisdom, worth