Where does 'energy' come from? The way of life called 'empowerment' that I arrived at
Hello, this is Patako.
I put a rather big theme in the title today, but right now, I am suffering from hay fever and am not feeling energetic at all (lol).
This season has arrived 🤧 Achoo, haha.
Even so,
I was given an opportunity to think about energy, so I let my thoughts wander.
'Energy'
This word likely has various images depending on the person, doesn't it?
What kind of image does 'energy' have for you?
Physically?
Mentally?
Overall?
Someone who is always positive and smiling?
The interesting thing about 'energy' is that all of these seem to apply.
This time, the trigger for me to think about energy was an article byMarisan.
The title of that article, in which she wrote about her recent state of mind, was
'Why do I want to be energetic?'.
The article is here.
Mari-san, who faces herself with care.
In this article, she also introduced Patako. 🙏 Thank you, Mari-san. 🌸
Encounter with empowerment
To be honest, I have been an energetic person by nature,
I have no chronic illnesses, and my childbirth was extremely easy.
I am the type of person friends say, 'Patako, you are really always energetic, aren't you?' to.
Yes, I think I have been blessed with a truly healthy body physically.
However, my heart has always been in an unstable mode as the norm, and with parental violence as well, I feel like I have been on a long, long journey due to inferiority and a lack of self-confidence.
Looking back, it was a life full of sighs.
'I'm just...'
'Why am I so useless?'
Just like blood circulating through my whole body,
those words were always circulating through everything I was.
However, after I was reborn due to my divorce and spent time facing myself properly, one way of life was placed at the center.
Yes, that is,
empowerment
as a way of life.
The moment I first heard it on the radio, I thought,
Zap! This is it! 💡✨
Empowerment
—if I were to express it in my own terms—
is 'shining from within and living with what you already possess.'
It is the 'true self' I finally encountered while conversing with the 'little me' sleeping deep inside.The 'true self'. When I was able to acknowledge the existence of this 'just as I am' self—even smiling at my own clumsiness—
I realized I no longer need to become someone else.I discovered a fresh world.
And then,
standing on the earth as my authentic self, free from dependency, feelings of lack, or anxiety,
I simply shine a light on what is already within me.
I learned this and practiced it daily.
I experienced a mysterious sensation of becoming increasingly fulfilled.
And after a few days had passed, I suddenly thought:
I see!
Everyone has this light of their own color dwelling within them,
and if we make use of that fire,
we are built to be able to live using it as energy!
A powerful sense of wonder washed over me.
That was the moment the consciousness of
'empowerment'
took root in my body.
The light everyone is gifted with
In truth, everyone possesses their own power.
To put it another way,
it's like 'being gifted with the power to naturally emit light.'
But,
by comparing ourselves to others,
or losing our confidence,
we eventually forget that power.
Admiring someone else and comparing ourselves to them.
Judging ourselves harshly over the smallest things.
(This is me)
But when I turned my consciousness not outward,
but toward my own inner self,
there was a fire lit there,
glowing faintly at my center.
I just needed to cherish that fire.
That was the landing point.
Another thing I realized was that,
when cherished, the fire rejoices, increases its energy,
and the supply becomes something I can replenish myself.
Moreover,the source of supply was in everyday life.Breathing, things felt through the five senses, words, nature, delicious food, a friend's smile, music, a pleasant breeze.
If I focused on them, there were so many things that fulfilled me.
It's like Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle, isn't it? 🤭
To think that fire is what moves the castle! 🔥✨
For me, vitality was this way of living through empowerment.
It is written as 'Genki' (vitality) = 'Original Qi' (source energy), after all.
What color is your fire? 🔥✨
What serves as your source of supply?
Has your supply been going well lately?
If a source doesn't immediately come to mind,
I recommend things like relaxing and taking deep breaths,
going to the ocean or out into nature,
or writing down 100 dreams.
Those are some recommendations. ♡
Things that make you excited and peaceful moments are sources of energy, aren't they? 🌸
Today, I wrote about what gives me energy.
Thank you for reading until the end.
🌸
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