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Seeing someone know what they want and pursue their goals is admirable, but what\u2019s truly inspiring is seeing someone do so in the midst of uncertainty, opposition, and doubt.\u00a0 The empowered individual, or Creator as David Emerald might put it, is vision-focused, eyes always on the prize.\u00a0 When the winds of challenges come blowing in, they are not deterred or swayed, even if their human nature will inevitably invite them to take an easier way that will seem less costly.<\/div>\n
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There are many acts of courage of heroic nature we can dream up in stories, movies, or tales from our history.\u00a0 How about in our day-to-day life?\u00a0 How about those small choices we will be making today that will require a certain amount of courage?<\/div>\n
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Truth be told, we have daily opportunities to make an act of courage.\u00a0 When our cell phone rings and the caller display shows it\u2019s that one person with an uncanny gift for sucking the life out of us within ten minutes of talking about themselves, we can ignore the call or answer.\u00a0 When we are doing our monthly budget and are not sure how we are going to make ends meet, we can sit there and worry about it, we can avoid it with mind-numbing distractions, or we can proactively take steps to solve the issue.\u00a0 What about when the demands of life are overwhelming and we want to give up and take a day off of all of our responsibilities?\u00a0 Empowerment is to stick to the grind and tackle each of these elements individually in order of priority.<\/div>\n
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The list of examples of courage in daily life could go on indefinitely.\u00a0 But, in my opinion, the greatest act of courage is to let go of control.\u00a0 Life is full of uncertainty.\u00a0 Every person around us strives to build a secure life for themselves and their choices have ripple effects on us, as ours do on them.\u00a0 Sometimes their choices are outright detrimental for us.\u00a0 Life is anything but still waters.\u00a0 It\u2019s turbulent and sometimes violent.\u00a0 We come to realize sooner or later that there is very little that we have control over.\u00a0 The anxious person fears that.\u00a0 The empowered person embraces it with courage.<\/div>\n
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To let go of control, however, is not to give up.\u00a0 It\u2019s to welcome what life throws at us and to make the most of every circumstance we find ourselves in at any given moment.\u00a0 In other words, it\u2019s to roll with the punches.\u00a0 Even when we feel concerned that one of those punches might knock us out, we stand our ground.\u00a0 Some days it may feel like life is trying to beat you to a pulp.\u00a0 That\u2019s OK.\u00a0 That\u2019s life.\u00a0 You can stand up to life and punch it back in the face.<\/div>\n
Obviously, courage in our day-to-day life isn\u2019t quite that violent.\u00a0 The point I\u2019m making is that you are never defeated unless you declare defeat.\u00a0 If I get knocked down, I get up again, ain\u2019t nobody gonna keep me down (admit it, you had a song starting to play in your head!).\u00a0 No matter how often life knocks you down, have the courage to get up again and again.\u00a0 In the words of the great Rocky Balboa, \u201cIt’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Even though letting go of control has terrifying moments in this roller coaster we call life, breathe through it and remember that there is always an answer to life challenges somewhere.\u00a0 It will be tempting to grapple for control when these challenges occur, so remember what you truly have control over: your choices and your responses to what life throws at you.\u00a0 Don\u2019t look for absolute security.\u00a0 Rather, look for ways to make the most of any given situation.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1001034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEmpowerment is Letting go of Control - L'Association canadienne de counseling et de psychoth\u00e9rapie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/60924\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Empowerment is Letting go of Control - 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