This week was International Women’s Day. I think there is now a name for nearly every day of the year. We have Pancake Day, Yorkshire Pudding Day and even Umbrella Day! For me, many of these days have no meaning, but International Woman’s Day is truly something to celebrate.
We women have come far, haven’t we? But we still have a way to go. The first women to get the vote were in New Zealand in 1912, whereas, in Switzerland, women didn’t have the right to vote until 1971. We are still fighting for the right of equal pay, but we have lots to celebrate, thanks to all the women who stood up for our rights.
Fighting for your right of freedom and choice can sometimes seem very hard and frustrating.
No one may take our personal freedom away.
But here is the thing, when I see it, as frustrated and angry, in that moment, I give my power away. I give my wellbeing away.
My feelings are not coming from people, circumstances or events, BUT from thought in that moment about the situation or person.
Let’s take a situation, for example, with different people involved. Each and every one of the group will have a unique experience. Why? Because we all observe life via the thoughts coming to us.
I can’t think like you, and you can’t think like me, it is simply impossible. Our experience can be similar, yes, but it cannot be the same.
When you and I look at the same picture, we will have different opinions.
Maybe you find it beautiful and I am not so sure.
The picture is in that moment the same, but our views are different.
Why? Because we live in a thought-created reality. Each of us is in our own little bubble of life, seeing life through our own perspective, via the power of thought.
When I am feeling frustrated or angry, it seems in this moment that it is the other person or politics for example, that is giving me my experience, but that is not so. I experience thought; I want them to see the world how I see it. My way seems to be in that moment the right one!
Understanding that no one can take my power away, moves me back in charge of my life.
I am no longer emotionally attached.
I realise no one can think like me. Everyone does what seems for them, in that moment, to make the most sense.
I can start a different way of communicating, without feeling personally attached.
I can explain and make someone see my point of view, without expecting them to think like me.
I am open to explore options.
I am peaceful and clear.
And I can see that my truth is my truth alone.