I have heard this phrase repeatedly over the last several months. Okay, I thought, I'll own my power. But what is my power and how do I own it? This occupied my large but relatively unused brain for many months before I came up with an answer which suits me. Power is energy which has as its quality the ability to get things done. It is active and passive. Owning something is claiming or acknowledging that you have or are it. Personal power is that ability to do or act which comes to you by that acknowledgement. I claim that I am psychic rather than saying I read Tarot cards. That statement takes that psychic ability and places it inside me. I feel the power of that statement. Because I have moved it from a place outside of myself and placed it within me, it is always mine to use. That is power!

This is the time for you to own your power. Acknowledge who you are and what you do. If you are psychic then admit it to yourself and to others. If you are a healer then admit it and do it. If you have knowledge and wisdom then share it. Whatever talents and abilities you have, claim them and express them. Modesty is telling the truth. If you do not admit who and what you are, then you are lying. This is not a time for false modesty. If you work well with animals, know how to grow things, then do it. Whatever your particular talents and abilities are, find a way to express them. Ask your inner guidance, ask a friend or ask a psychic. But find out what it is and do it. Whatever it is, be comfortable with it. Don't do it because you think you should or because a friend or psychic told you to do it. Do it because you want to. Do it because it feels right to you. The world will be a better place for it.

Personal Power is accepting who you are, being honest with yourself and others. I have NEVER had a bad experience, either personally or professionally, when I was being honest about myself, who I was and what I had done and could do. People respect honesty. When you accept who you are, you no longer have to make excuses for yourself; you no longer have to try to be somebody. You already are somebody: yourself. You don't need to worry how to play the part of yourself, so you can then pay attention to more important things, like devoting your full attention to what is happening in your life at any given moment. Worrying about who you are takes much energy and weakens you.

When I was sixteen, I decided that since all of my friends wanted to talk about themselves, in order to have friends, I would listen to them and not talk about myself. This was a conscious decision. Because of that decision, I never learned how to converse socially. Small talk, back and forth, is beyond me. Once I learned to accept that aspect of myself AS OKAY, I became much more comfortable in all interpersonal situations. I no longer tried to impress anybody with my sociability, so I had more energy to devote to things that I am and can do well.

Not everybody is the same. We all have different talents and abilities. We are all special, but in different and unique ways. We aren't here to "fit into" society. We aren't here to be like everybody else. We are here to express creatively who we are; to express those talents and abilities which we have that others may not have like we do. We are also here to develop talents and abilities which are latent in us and which are begging to come forth. We can't be comfortable with ourselves if we suppress who we are or if we try to be something we are not.

Power is accepting who we are as we are, without judgment. For then so much of our Self and our energy is flowing smoothly, that new insights and awarenesses come flowing outward in abundant measure and it is much easier to live with ourselves. We are content to be who we are and therefore where we are. We are much more in the moment and the power increases tenfold when we are who we are in the moment.

Time slows down and we can get much more done. Our minds are not cluttered with trying to project an image of ourselves. Who we are speaks for us. Because our minds are not cluttered, the knowledge from within can filter through to our conscious minds. It is almost like being in a meditative state twenty-four hours a day. Try it today and see the positive changes immediately.