Our true power is not in the external. Though, we’ve been conditioned to believe that’s where it comes from.
We are told power comes through a job, or what we own, or how people perceive us. That’s why so many of us have “social anxiety disorder”: the second this ego perception of power shifts, so does our self worth.
True power is and has always been found internally. Within ourselves. Within how we respond to the world around us. How we assign meaning to events. How we choose to engage.
The stuck feeling— the out of control feeling comes from being unconscious. From being a slave to quick ego responses that bring us back to familiar cycles of emotions we’ve become addicted to re-living again + again.
True power is knowing not everything requires a response. Not everything requires your attention or awareness. The skill of becoming conscious + focusing your awareness on what you CHOOSE is healing in itself.
That text that tenses your shoulders. That jab from a co-worker. The stranger who cut you off. The comment from your aunt about your outfit. The criticism from someone who doesn’t understand your art. That’s theirs to carry. It’s only yours when you decide it requires something that was never your responsibility: a response.
I’ve been thinking a ton on what it is to BE love. It’s work. It’s hard work. It’s easy when it’s easy, + it’s harder when the “little child” inside us feels slighted. Unseen + unheard. Scared + defensive.
It’s in those moments when we have the greatest opportunity: to show up as the wise self who knows that humans project their inner wounds outwards + no response is a misunderstood form of love.
Power is magnetic, it attracts positive and negative vibes. Remain focused, principled, mean, directional, straightforward and positive. Your story will never be the same.
Regards,
Prince Alagba Tochukwu
Radiographer
The believer of Ubuntu Principle
We are told power comes through a job, or what we own, or how people perceive us. That’s why so many of us have “social anxiety disorder”: the second this ego perception of power shifts, so does our self worth.
True power is and has always been found internally. Within ourselves. Within how we respond to the world around us. How we assign meaning to events. How we choose to engage.
The stuck feeling— the out of control feeling comes from being unconscious. From being a slave to quick ego responses that bring us back to familiar cycles of emotions we’ve become addicted to re-living again + again.
True power is knowing not everything requires a response. Not everything requires your attention or awareness. The skill of becoming conscious + focusing your awareness on what you CHOOSE is healing in itself.
That text that tenses your shoulders. That jab from a co-worker. The stranger who cut you off. The comment from your aunt about your outfit. The criticism from someone who doesn’t understand your art. That’s theirs to carry. It’s only yours when you decide it requires something that was never your responsibility: a response.
I’ve been thinking a ton on what it is to BE love. It’s work. It’s hard work. It’s easy when it’s easy, + it’s harder when the “little child” inside us feels slighted. Unseen + unheard. Scared + defensive.
It’s in those moments when we have the greatest opportunity: to show up as the wise self who knows that humans project their inner wounds outwards + no response is a misunderstood form of love.
Power is magnetic, it attracts positive and negative vibes. Remain focused, principled, mean, directional, straightforward and positive. Your story will never be the same.
Regards,
Prince Alagba Tochukwu
Radiographer
The believer of Ubuntu Principle
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