I was running one afternoon, when I realised that nothing in my life was a coincidence.
Everything, literally every single thing that has happened—every feeling I’ve had, each big and small decision I’ve taken, every thought—was the tailor-made extension of the person I had been.
My life, in all it was and all it wasn’t, was the expression of my subconscious. My challenges were the result of my limiting beliefs about myself. My successes had followed from my confidence. What I believed about myself and life—whether I was conscious of these beliefs or not—had created the life I had.
Life mirrors our internal dialogue. We are energetic beings—our beliefs, conscious and subconscious, have a frequency which shapes the events and circumstances of our lives.
Recently, on two separate occasions, after I spoke in front of a group, people reached out to me to tell me they found my presence powerful. I hadn’t consciously felt powerful when I was speaking. I was sharing vulnerably, talking about things I was struggling with. I’d seen vulnerability as a weakness for years. I had only recently started to integrate the belief that it is a superpower, and I felt weak, exposed, powerless to open up about my struggles.
We are powerful beyond measure in ways we don’t realise. And often, other people are more aware of the extent of our power than we are because they aren’t exposed to the voice of our internal critic.
Our narrative about ourselves, others and life creates our life. We are beings of infinite potential—powerful, abundant, creative.
We are often hesitant to step into this potential, because we question ourselves—our worth, our deservedness—and perhaps because we are not afraid that we are powerless. We are afraid that we are powerful.