Messengers of goodness are many around me. Yet they are not truly powerful enough to maintain their good intentions because of their erroneous paradigm that power lies in spreading goodness and trying to be more powerful than another person by calling themselves better souls with respect to character, attitude, knowledge, and spirituality.
They think they attain power through proving their superiority over others. This highheadedness is not a feature of a powerful personality but an attribute of defiance instead.
Power is to control yourself and lift yourself up despite treachery experienced from the closest of all people. Power lies in a clear conscience, in prayers, in work, and in becoming trustworthy and generous according to your capacity to be someone who can help others. Your goodness may not be welcomed or acknowledged by others, your efforts to create good work might go to waste, and people might label your goodness as foolishness or see you as a joker in the circus; however, you can still empower yourself emotionally by maintaining a detached temperament, keeping your lips sealed, and enduring belittling laughter, all while bringing great money and fame to the circus through your sincere efforts.
Power lies in independent thinking, free of contamination or influence. This year I was able to observe my thoughts in the light of character and strength and not like a victim of abuse who worried and harmed herself due to low self-esteem.
There were some great authors who could clarify my queries about my thoughts; I could read undisturbed and wholeheartedly to write and teach and plan some innovative activities so that my students learn better.
I was empowered despite a professional rivalry and total isolation at the workplace. I took it as a respite and developed myself further.
I could sense that I am powerful enough to take my decisions independently and not worry about the consequences my loved ones would face with those decisions.
I could chuck out crap from my mind and personal life and become loyal towards myself through self-discovery.
People betrayed me, but each obstacle created a better doctor and writer and a teacher out of me.
I did not expect admiration; I confronted jealousies that could have taken my life; I experienced a road traffic accident that was deliberate, and yet I could carry on well and unharmed.
I realized that I am not that great, and of course, who am I in the eyes of others?
I realized I am a great person for myself and could change my attention inwards.
I was a good listener always. This last year I spoke uninhibited about the real me, and it was a better feeling altogether.
I was at home, and I was owning my spirit more and more. This lesson that I learned is that you should not have emotional dependence on your family even. You are a lonely traveller, and no one shares your sins, but people flock together to snatch away your riches.
If I am a boring person, so am I. I needn’t become an entertainer when I am not. Dancing without knowing how to dance is possible, and it is for personal development and not to entertain people who would never be satisfied and always find flaws.
I could boldly observe and came to know that they actually don’t mean well, and so it’s time to bid adieu for another place where I can work and continue to be productive and lucrative as ever.
My companions are with me—both people and things who trust me and are entrusted to me.
True power is to be comfortable about yourself and learn the art of living by being able to understand yourself, not in the face of the world that observes you and influences you negatively.
These days people want to be smug and don’t care about others; if they do, it is to cause you harm and trample over you. You are not a doormat, yet you bow down. That is the true power. You should bow down and redirect yourself and keep the snobbish scoundrels consolidating their imagination that they are the best and know their best.
You empower yourself with sincerity towards yourself and others. That thing that you do should speak; let the scoundrels imagine your killing every day.
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