Empowerment

This is your card reading for Thursday, November 27th/14.  Your card today skipped out of the 'Magical Mermaids and Dolphins' deck, authored by Doreen Virtue.  I chose this deck because my friend, Patti---who will be assisting me at the 'Your Wellness Expo' this Saturday---is on her way home today to wintry Alberta, from their winter refuge by the ocean in Florida.  Patti LOVES her dolphins, and she sees them frequently while at their place in Florida!  Welcome back, Patti---can't wait to see you on Saturday, my friend!
Your card is 'Empowerment', and Doreen's message for the card is this:
"You're more powerful than you realize.  It's safe for you to be powerful.
This card confirms that your inner power wants to surface.  You'll use this power appropriately, and you're incapable of abusing it.  Your true friends, and the people who really love you, will be happy that you've taken your power back.
Empowerment means that you're no longer willing to see yourself as a victim in any way.  It means letting go of all blame with respect to other people, past conditions, or present circumstances.  Know that you can be powerful and gentle simultaneously---and still be very effective.
Affirm frequently: "It's safe for me to powerful!  I accept my God-given power to be used in the service of light and love.'  Then, enjoy the shifts you see around you.  Instead of worrying what others think about you, use your power to make the world a better place.  You may never feel self-conscious again!"

My message for you today is this:
As Marianne Williamson shares with us in her book, 'A Return to Love'---her reflections upon the teachings shared in  'A Course in Miracles'---embracing self-empowerment can be challenging for many.  Her inspiring quote regarding self-empowerment is enlightening:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?  Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God.  Your playing small does not serve the world.  There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.  We are all meant to shine, as children do.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.  And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~Marianne Williamson, from 'A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles~

What if Marianne had said to herself, "Why me? Who am I to write a book reflecting upon the teachings of 'A Course in Miracles'?"  Perhaps then, these teachings would not have been brought to the attention of our present-day society, to our great loss!  The teachings within 'A Course in Miracles' are relevant and enlightening, even today, and have served us in so many ways---including with the quote above which resonates so strongly for many of us at this time.  
We are being compelled and urged, at this time to shine our Light...to present our best selves to the world through revealing and implementing our unique talents and abilities which have been Divinely impressed within us.  When you express the best of yourself out into the world, you inspire others to do the same.  Realistically, you may encounter those who attempt to dim your Light, but that is their journey, NOT yours!  If you are coming from a heart-centered place of loving service; and not from a self-serving Ego; then you are fully representing the Divine aspect of yourself and NOTHING can undermine or dim that Light. To be truly self-empowered means to stand firmly in your own empowerment and NOT in undermining---but rather, in celebrating---the self-empowerment of another.
Step into it, Dear One!  Remind yourself that you are here for a REASON. Drop the fear, and make the valued contributions that the Divine intended for you to make!
Blessed be...