{"id":1229,"date":"2013-04-10T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2013-03-30T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T20:47:00","slug":"let-your-power-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2013\/04\/let-your-power-out.html","title":{"rendered":"Let Your Power Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Many of you have, I am sure, come across this fabulous writing many times. It speaks to the heart of the matter of women\u2019s dysfunctional relationship to our own power. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In my spiritual counseling as a Midlife Midwife\u2122 I dispense this powerful inspiration as a prescription for fear, shyness, self-limiting thinking, self-deprecation and self-destructive behavior. I tell my clients to post this where they will see it often and to repeat it aloud daily. It is tremendously empowering<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Try it! Even if you have read it a thousand times, read it again. Say it out loud. Sing it in the shower. Shout it out at the top of your lungs. Tape yourself saying it and play it like a loop until you have no more self-doubts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our 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 frightens us most. We ask ourselves, &#8216;Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?&#8217; Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won&#8217;t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It&#8217;s not just in some of us; it&#8217;s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Marianne Williamson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>* Please send me your thoughts about power. Also stories of your own empowerment. When shared, these ideas and examples are extremely inspiring to others. Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Donna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. 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