Assertiveness

This is your card reading for Tuesday, June 2nd/15---the day of the Strawberry Full Moon!
Your card shot out of the 'Magical Messages From the Fairies' deck, authored by Doreen Virtue.  Your card is 'Assertiveness', and Doreen's message for the card is this:
"Stand up for your beliefs, and only say yes if you really want to...
One reason why the fairies are so happy is because they're assertive with each other.  This trait is very different from aggression, which denies the rights of others.  Assertiveness, in contrast, honors everyone's rights (including your own).  Assertive people are easy to get along with because you always know where you stand with them.  Your current situation calls for you to be assertive: Speak your truth with love; and let go of old, unhealthy communication habits."

My message for you today is this:
I appreciate how Doreen makes the distinction between 'assertiveness' and 'aggression'---the underlying energy is vastly different.  I was discussing with a friend just yesterday the difference between 'envy' and 'jealousy' and how the underlying energy behind these two expressions of emotion are vastly different, also.  While many would describe these expressions of emotion as similar (assertiveness/agrression and envy/jealousy), the way in which they are received is entirely different.  Assertiveness means to stand in your own power---to be empowered.  Recall that I have stated many times here that true self-empowerment NEVER implies disempowering another!  Aggression comes from a place of low self-esteem and DOES seek to disempower another.  When someone behaves in an aggressive manner, it is because they feel threatened, whether or not that threat is real or just perceived.  Although someone who acts as a bully may seem to be overpowering and 'strong', the fact is that that person is truly just striving to compensate for the actual overwhelming sense of vulnerability and lack of control that they feel inside.  This is not to excuse behaviors that are aggressive or based in jealousy...only to understand the energy behind them so that you can face them from a self-empowered place.  
Many perceive the Fairy realm as carefree and 'flighty', rather than assertive and empowered.  As Doreen states in her message, it is their self-empowered way of being that allows them to embrace the joy of BEING exactly who they are in a light-hearted way! 
The Fairy realm has presented for you today, on this powerful day of the Strawberry Full Moon, whose energy is compelling us to release past patterns that may have been holding you back from expressing yourself authentically and assertively!  This Full Moon's theme is 'personal freedom'.  To be truly FREE means to feel EMPOWERED.  What areas of your life do you need to look at in terms of personal assertiveness?  Let go of that old 'Lightworker's' belief that to please everyone is what will make you 'loveable' and bring you peace!  Honour yourself today and you thereby honour others for who they are, also!  The energy of this Full Moon during the Mercury Retrograde period specifically brings to 'light' areas where you may need to release old habits in the area of communication.  Ask the Fairy Realm to assist you in doing so from a 'love-centered' place that seeks to demean no one, even as you honour yourself.  Today's energy is excellent to support you in making that vital shift!  Bask in the light of the moon!  
Blessed be...