As I was standing in line to pay at the market, I noticed the
display of magazines. Nearly all of them were screaming about the
latest diet, losing weight, getting into a bikini by summer.

A bit later, I realized that I was feeling really lousy. And it
dawned on me that as I mindlessly read those headlines, my
subconscious mind had taken them all as truth. It dutifully
concluded that I was unworthy, not good enough, and unacceptable.

Wow. What an eye opener!

The media would have you believe that you are not good enough, that
you’re too fat, too thin, too short, too tall, too smart, too dumb.
Day after day, consciously or unconsciously the message gets
planted in your soul. Soon, with every glance in the mirror, every
step on the scale, you yourself water and fertilize that
fast-growing weed. Until one day you are unable to describe
yourself except as a list of faults.

“I’m a bony klutz with scraggly hair, a big nose, and chicken
legs.” Or “I’m short, squat, and have enough spots on my face to be
an honorary dalmatian.”

What happened to the kid who was going to rule the world someday?
The boy who drew detailed plans of his amusement park? The girl who
was going to cure the common cold? Where did you go? And, more
importantly, how do you get you back?

Take a deep cleansing breath. In… Out…

That power is still inside you. It’s just hidden behind a wall of
junk thoughts. And you absolutely have it in you to live from that
place of power and confidence once again.

Join me on a journey to your place of power and watch that wall
crumble like the weak, crumbly concrete it is.

Everywhere you go, people are talking about manifesting, how our
thoughts have measurable effects outside our bodies, and so on.
(Thanks, Oprah.) Aren’t those just new words for the teachings of
Christ Jesus, Buddha, many Native American traditions, and so on?

Absolutely!

Every one of those teachers told us that we are, each and every one
of us, a perfect child of God, a reflection of Source. The
knowledge of that fact and the confidence that naturally grows from
that knowing are alive and well inside you.

Let’s break down that wall and let your power out.

Take your mind back to the first time you thought you weren’t good
enough or didn’t pass muster as a human being. Dollars to donuts
some average human stuck you with that label. Who was it? A parent?
A teacher? A friend? Do you really think that person had a direct line to
Source and was “just telling you the truth”?

No way!

So, with your focus back at the time you first wavered in your
belief in your own wonderfulness, take a compassionate look at that
person. See their flaws, their humanity, and… THIS IS IMPORTANT…
LOVE them in spite of how wrong they were. See that whatever they
said to you came from their own issues. It really had nothing to do
with you.

What if you, like I did with the magazine headlines, adopted those
negative thoughts as your own? How often are you the one who tells
you you’re not good enough? Lots? A little? Forgive yourself. Say,
“Oops, I was wrong.” It’s not a hanging crime to be wrong.

That wall doesn’t seem so solid anymore, does it? It’s crumbling
away, soon to vanish into its native nothingness.

Now focus on that powerful little spark. That one deep inside you.
The one that is no longer hidden by the wall. Feel it glowing. See
and feel it getting more powerful as you inhale. As you exhale,
notice that, although power flows out of you in all directions, the
spark doesn’t get smaller or weaker. Inhale again… Continue until
you feel the light filling your whole body.

You are powerful. You are beautiful. You are valuable. You are
worthy of love. You are the reflection of God/Source. And no mirror
is worthy of your perfection.

Best wishes to you and yours,

Laurie
Chief Inspiration Officer
Universe of Power