🌠Your Power: Taking It Back, Part 2

When last we spoke, you might have heard:

“How can you proactively protect yourself as needed (taking back your power) if you willingly enable an opportunity for rent-free space in your mind (giving away said power)?”

with a promise of the resolution being something you didn’t expect.

To be honest, I wouldn’t have made the following proactive choice, had I not been thrust into that exact situation 2 weeks or so ago.

In a nutshell, a person who was once rather dear to me, and then rather …. not, reached out again. And I was presented with the choice of,

“Actively destroying all memories of past poor behavior and being there for that person

or

“Cut ties and commit to yourself you will never forget all memories of past poor behavior”

Giving a person rent-free space in my mind is a gift I never make lightly. So… the easiest thing to do would be to slam the door shut.

On the other hand, the right thing to do might (only might, mind you, because it would be a leap of faith) be to recognize I’m opening myself up to possibly a world of hurt down the road, but at least I’m going in with my eyes open.

In other words, should the probability of me getting hurt appear down the road, at least I can tell myself at that moment:

I knew the dangers… going in.

When you choose to willingly give away your power *now*, you’re also choosing to take it back whenever *you* deem it wise.

And I will admit that until you’re actually *in* that position… it’s a hugely difficult thing to internalize.

Well, I was in it last week… and the above is how I chose to deal with it.

Your takeaway?

Never keep bashing your head against a brick wall because it feels so good when you stop.

But give yourself permission to first *see* if that brick wall has changed and if so, if it’s important for you to be there yet again.

Only you can make that decision.

Enjoy!