Daily Question, July 25 When I feel powerless, what helps me step into the choices available to me? 29 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. 5 months agoI love to do things for people I care about. When I feel powerless I find a whole new world open up to me when I offer to give of myself to help a friend. 0 Reply Don Jones5 months agoDon JonesTo be as simple as God. See what is given. This is the marvellous thing. If I relax into what is blazingly obvious, I find all that I need. Nothing essential is hidden. The more essential a thing is, the more given it is. I used to imagine it was the other way round. What is really important is given free now. 3 Reply Hot Sauce5 months agoHot SauceUsually when I feel powerless, it helps me to put it into perspective by remembering other times I felt that way but ended up overcoming whatever the struggle was. In the moment, it sometimes feels like there’s no way out and I’m stuck, but if I look back, I can see that there is almost always a way forward out of the struggle. 3 Reply KC5 months agoKCA guided meditation, yoga, walking or doing something physical, taking the first baby step, setting a timer to begin, asking for help and / or support, or simply accepting the feeling of powerlessness and trusting that it will pass… eventually it does. 2 Reply Linda5 months agoLindaBreathing. Thinking things through. Avoiding panic. Holding the highest and best outcome for the situation. 2 Reply Vincent-Edward Ciliberti5 months agoVincent-Edward CilibertiToday I mislaid two very important cheque books for which I happened to be an administrator. In the heat we are witnessing I became very agitated because I needed these cheque books badly to testify this coming week.. My only choice at this loss was my wife, and presto, she helped me locate the cheque books for which I am so grateful. 3 Reply Antoinette5 months agoAntoinetteWhen I feel powerless I am not too proud to ask for help. Usually there are so many wonderful people who are willing and able to assist! I’m so grateful! I try to help others whenever I can too! Makes me so happy to assist whenever I can ! 3 Reply Zenith5 months agoZenithGratefulness is teaching me to stop reacting, asking myself what I am feeling, and turn that into being grateful for the opportunity to learn something. I AM learning to see each situation that I perceive as negative, as more of a lesson for me to learn to recognize opportunity for emotional control or that others involved are being given opportunity to learn from me. I am becoming much less self defensive. 5 Reply eliza5 months agoelizaThe sense that i have come too far to give up .. and even if my next step isn’t in the direction i had hoped for at least i am still on the journey 3 Reply pkr5 months agopkrPrayer, meditation, walking. ? 3 Reply Javier Visionquest5 months agoJavier VisionquestI feel powerless right now. Sometimes there’s no choice but to surrender, to submit. I’m not certain that a chance to begin again is always available but, then, the sun also rises. . . 3 Reply Diana5 months agoDianaMeditation and Prayer. 3 Reply Michele5 months agoMichelePositive affirmations. 4 Reply KC5 months agoKCThanks Michele! 1 Reply pkr5 months agopkrThank you for sharing this Michele. Just what I needed this Saturday morning. Have a joyful day. 1 Reply 5 months agothere’s an error in this, question : I only feel powerless when I see no choices, and then it’s good to wait. someone already quoted Brother David’s words stop-look-go and I’ll quote Bernie Glassmanns: not knowing – bearing witness – loving action. it might take some time, or not, we’ll see… . 3 Reply Carla5 months agoCarlaSometimes I pray what’s called the willingness prayer. “Help me to be willing to be willing to be willing to take next step about ‘XYZ’ (whatever tasks is). I can add as many willingnesses as I need. My anxiousness dissipates. Creator also sends guides I can bounce issue off of. Grateful to be here on these pages today. 4 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishI need to slow down & sit w/ God. Panic can grow pretty quickly & is destructive so breathing in calming energy as soon as possible is imperative. Feeling powerless is so scary. Tapping into God’s strength & courage leads me clarity and peace. 3 Reply Judith5 months agoJudithYes, Koko! Walks to clear the mind help me, too.. I find myself talking things over with myself, aloud. The neighbors probably think I’m crazy! 2 Reply Judith5 months agoJudithI take a deep breath. Often I imagine myself looking at the earth from the moon or outer space to realize how very small all the things of earth are in the bigger picture. I pray, perhaps the serenity prayer, and try to find acceptance of whatever I am facing. Then I try to take the next best step, one day at a time. I do what I can on this day. I’ve learned one can only eat an elephant one bite at a time! 7 Reply Trish5 months agoTrishLooking at the earth from outer space….that’s a good one! 2 Reply Howie Geib5 months agoHowie GeibDeep inside me there is, like a pilot light on a gas stove, a will to live. This has been the source of triggering my incentive in the midst of hopeless odds against any action by me making any discernible difference. This willingness to do something combined with the process of deciding (between choices) are actions which put a stake in the ground that claims a place. Now, it is also true that the forces of fate often guffaw at my pitiful expression of determination and roll over me anywaysâ...Deep inside me there is, like a pilot light on a gas stove, a will to live. This has been the source of triggering my incentive in the midst of hopeless odds against any action by me making any discernible difference. This willingness to do something combined with the process of deciding (between choices) are actions which put a stake in the ground that claims a place. Now, it is also true that the forces of fate often guffaw at my pitiful expression of determination and roll over me anyways… Read More2 Reply devy5 months agodevyMéditation to calm myself and try to emphasize to live in the now and to understand that I cannot control everything going on in my life. Also by researching information and not blindly accept what I read or hear from people as being true. 3 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2021, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
