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Daily Question, February 26

Where in my life do I think I have no power? Is that absolutely true?

  • GCharlotte

    I sometimes feel no power in the grip of the psyche! Haaa. I may be able to do for a healthy mente but I may evenso feel no power in the psyche.

  • Dusty Su

    So many areas, personal, family, as a vulnerable foreigner. I know it’s not true though as I always have power of choice. I can respond rather than react. I can always determine my attitude and my next step.

  • reality

    Even though I know I’ve the power of the mind, regardless of my personal power having been removed from my body, the misery and torturous pain continually do make me feel pretty powerless. No, I know that feeling is just that, affect through to effect of my extreme situation and conditions, o far, somehow I’ve lived through it all. Thanx for all you All do; and have a good eve’ 🙂 reality.

  • Malag

    When I am apprehensive about how the future will play out there’s a sense that worrying and resisting will somehow control the future : me playing God. I have absolutely no control over the grand scale of that future and when I accept that (which sometimes I can) its liberating.

  • Tahsin Tabassum

    I think I have no power when I am being controlled by others, and I think it’s not always true

  • Cailinrua
    I share the experience of the mothers below with difficult adult children; we are impacted by the chaos and havoc the situation can wreak. However, I have not reacted well and have caused additional damage that I can now see. I am beginning to find some power by looking within myself and asking what I could have done in a different way, if anything? Kevin's post is extremely helpful. Thank you, Kevin. But it's not always easy to be patient with the pain and hurt underlying the anger an...

    I share the experience of the mothers below with difficult adult children; we are impacted by the chaos and havoc the situation can wreak. However, I have not reacted well and have caused additional damage that I can now see. I am beginning to find some power by looking within myself and asking what I could have done in a different way, if anything? Kevin’s post is extremely helpful. Thank you, Kevin. But it’s not always easy to be patient with the pain and hurt underlying the anger and dysfunction Also, the incredible sadness that I used to feel about the situation. It’s daily grieving. The upside is that things are improving as I keep myself in check, but it is incredibly challenging at times. Not getting lost in it all and forgetting how to live is also very difficult.

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  • Elaine

    Waiting at the. bus stop this morning, a smoker occupies herself inhaling and exhaling carcinogens. She then drops the butt on the sidewalk. Over my fellow citizens disregard for their health and the care of the earth I am powerless. The only power I have is to practice suspension of judgement which I fail to do.

  • Ed Schulte

    Where in my life do I think I have no power? Is that absolutely true?

    It is “absolutely true” I have “no power” to resist the fact that I am in here an earthly body, as a Spirit-Souls-Being, because the Divine Intelligence ( working within the Divine Plan) requires that I get my next lessons.

    I accept this fact with a ‘full body smile’ and pursue the tasks at hand willingly and with Gratitude.

  • Mica

    I think it would be unwise for me to use my power to reach out to a dear person now, because they don’t want me to reach out to them now, and I respect their desire to keep away from me, more than I desire to reach out to them! But I can light candles.

  • Debra

    I see this question from a spiritual perspective as it relates to my life. Only when I align myself with the oneness of Spirit am I not powerless. ‘Letting go’ is very powerful —- life altering. Transformational. Am I able to do this all the time? No. When I don’t, though, it is as if I am swimming against the current.

  • Katrina

    I think I have limited or no power to turn around the gargantuan amount of chaos in our world’s ability to listen, understand and accept what is good for all people and the planet. But I do have the power to o something regarding these issues on a minimal scale in my family, and in my own life by how I live and model my love for others and the earth.

  • Trish

    I’m powerless regarding the death of those that I dearly love. I can’t think of anything I can do to prevent or prolong their deaths. Perhaps showering love will impact death in some way so I can try that?

  • Michele

    Powerless over my ex yet I believe things happen for a reason. I am strong and resilient. ‘good things comes to those who wait’

  • Mark Piper

    Tough questions lately. Many days I feel near powerless in just about every direction; can what I do make any affect (on my well-being, for my house/family, for my community or country)? It seems the only power I have regularly is the power to corrode or destroy but not the power to maintain or to build-up.

  • Cathy
    Powerless = helpless, ineffectual, paralyzed, inadequate, defenseless, vulnerable, useless, incapable, unable The most prominent area in my life that I have no power is in the total and complete havoc being created by my eldest son and especially his wife. As new parents, our family acquiesces to their fragility due to burdens experienced by early parenthood; however, spewing hatred toward us and their siblings cause what I'm afraid might be irreparable damage. I can only love them from a ...

    Powerless = helpless, ineffectual, paralyzed, inadequate, defenseless, vulnerable, useless, incapable, unable

    The most prominent area in my life that I have no power is in the total and complete havoc being created by my eldest son and especially his wife. As new parents, our family acquiesces to their fragility due to burdens experienced by early parenthood; however, spewing hatred toward us and their siblings cause what I’m afraid might be irreparable damage.

    I can only love them from a distance. Truly, I have no power to fix whatever has happened in my daughter-in-law’s life to bring her and her husband, my son, to the place we all now are. I feel quite certain she was harmed in her past, maybe even childhood. I support that it is my son’s duty to stand by her and I understand the difficult place he is in right now, though he does not admit that.

    After the completely unexpected hateful email we received from her two days ago, we are still reeling in the aftermath. We’ve made no response because really, anything we can say is in defense mode and that typically solves nothing.

    Powerless, yes, absolutely true. Hopeless, no, not yet.

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    • Mica

      Cathy, you poor dear! I looked for a therapist when one of my children got to a similar state last month – and found online therapy at betterhelp.com – then things seemed to calm down til I got a horrible email a month later and went back to betterhelp. Thankfully[?], this child has not succeeded in becoming a parent, and her brother and husband are great supporters. I’ll light a candle for you – I wish more could be done, but that’s not always true!

    • Kevin
      Cathy, you certainly have my prayers given the situation you’re experiencing here. Sometimes the best way to frame these things is to look at it from a different viewpoint if possible; they are speaking from a place of pain and hurt and from a place of having been damaged in the past. No matter how much it must hurt, this is really not about you. This is a problem you do not own even though you are being enormously impacted by it. If nothing else, it is helpful to keep those two factors in min...

      Cathy, you certainly have my prayers given the situation you’re experiencing here. Sometimes the best way to frame these things is to look at it from a different viewpoint if possible; they are speaking from a place of pain and hurt and from a place of having been damaged in the past. No matter how much it must hurt, this is really not about you. This is a problem you do not own even though you are being enormously impacted by it. If nothing else, it is helpful to keep those two factors in mind and completely apart. What you can do though is to get some additional support for yourself because the more support you get, and the stronger you’re able to get, it will help you remain as strong as you are able in order to weather through this particular family storm. Sometimes all you can do is just simply ask the rhetorical question, “Who owns the problem?” Do take care and do, if at all possible, get some additional support for yourself. In the meantime prayers are coming your way!

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    • Trish

      How painful for you, Cathy. Keeping you in my thoughts & prayers❤️

    • Sarah

      Your pain is palpable Cathy. I have experienced a similar situation with my brother. Emails of character assasination full of cruelty have caused irreparable damage. I am powerless over his behavior, yet his emotional abuse has caused so much turmoil, hurt and confusion.

      I pray for healing and repair in your relationship.

  • Antoinette

    Sometimes I think I have no power against illness like migraines, but then I remember that letting go of my aversion to pain and suffering transforms everything. Letting go actually is an energy which helps to relieve the suffering. Becoming awake and aware helps to come back to the present moment with an open heart full of compassion.

  • devy
    The political and social climate of me me me , the connected environmental dilemma the world is facing. I try to live in the now knowing that the future can’t be 100 percent controlled by me alone. I try to make a difference by voicing my opinion on the issues, voting and trying to be a positive role model knowing that I am taking responsibility and hoping that my actions may influence others with the intent of us collectively doing something. But I am trying not to be discouraged., not to wo...

    The political and social climate of me me me , the connected environmental dilemma the world is facing. I try to live in the now knowing that the future can’t be 100 percent controlled by me alone. I try to make a difference by voicing my opinion on the issues, voting and trying to be a positive role model knowing that I am taking responsibility and hoping that my actions may influence others with the intent of us collectively doing something. But I am trying not to be discouraged., not to worry and focus on me gratitude and thankfulness.

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  • Kevin

    The question was asked so I will answer it…truthfully. There is only one place in my life where I feel that I have no power, and that is to immediately remove the president of my country. It should not be hard to figure out why.

    • Katrina

      That is my powerless feeling as well. Thank you for posting this.

    • Michele

      100% agree with you. Let’s see if your comment gets deleted like mine did awhile back regarding politics.

      • Kevin
        Well, I understand and support the need for this site to especially remain politically neutral and non-partisan. However, when readers respond to a particular question and a number of us respond in the same vein then I feel it is incumbent upon the good folks who run this site to be honest and willing to allow the answers that come as a direct result of the questions that they ask. In my mind this is a matter of integrity that they need to ask themselves which is every bit as important as the qu...

        Well, I understand and support the need for this site to especially remain politically neutral and non-partisan. However, when readers respond to a particular question and a number of us respond in the same vein then I feel it is incumbent upon the good folks who run this site to be honest and willing to allow the answers that come as a direct result of the questions that they ask. In my mind this is a matter of integrity that they need to ask themselves which is every bit as important as the questions we answer.

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    • Antoinette

      I know Kevin and wow let’s all pray it happens this next election.

      • Kevin

        I am praying with my feet all the way to the polls! 🙂

      • Kevin

        I hear you, Antoinette, and while I make every effort to avoid anything political on this platform, I had to be honest and that was exactly what I was thinking after reading this morning’s question.

        Oh, and let me say that I concur with your response very much. Your response was thoughtfully detailed while mine was, well, blunt.

        • Mica

          Good point, about making your statement, as a respected member of this community, with the chance of influencing others at the site. Thanks

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