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By: Tuning into Your Essence » Comfort Queen

Tuning into Your Essence » Comfort Queen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:53:45 +0000

[...] Part three in this series: The Signal Raising Power of Permission [...]

By: Shawna R. B. Atteberry

Shawna R. B. Atteberry — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:29:01 +0000

Today I am giving myself permission to work in the bedroom, just because I want to work in bed, damnit!

By: Shawna R. B. Atteberry

Shawna R. B. Atteberry — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:21:41 +0000

Giving myself permission is a huge power for me when I choose to do it. I’ll never forget the first time a couple of years ago when I wanted to leave ordained ministry and my former denomination. I was waiting for something to happen to give me an excuse to pack it in and walk away. I was making the bed on a Sunday morning wishing I didn’t have to go along with this charade, when it hit me: why did I have to wait for a reason to leave? I wanted to leave; I knew I wasn’t where I was supposed to be. I could make the choice. And I did. It was one of the most freeing and empowering things I have ever done. Looking back I now realize it was the first time I claimed my sovereignty.

Now I need to do the same thing for my writing. I know what I’m supposed to be writing and creating, and I need to do that, and give myself permission to do it, instead of waiting for someone else to give me permission and or wait until I think someone else wants to read it. It’s time to make the choice to write what I want to write and not worry about if anyone is ever going to read it.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:26:37 +0000

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By: sherri

sherri — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:56:51 +0000

These are the words that hit me upside the head (in a good way) today:

“It (what I find inside and want to express) might not be of interest to anyone else but until I explore and express it, I will never know.”

The assumption i make that causes me to spin endlessly is that i can’t express it UNTIL I believe it’s worthy of other’s interest. Others rarely get a shot at having an opinion on my creative stuff –I’ve been pulling it back before they get to vote. Enough of that happy crap!

Thanks for serving this up in a way I could grasp it: )