Yesterday I spent creating two Mitten Tree Ladies…who are so full of, (as one woman put it,) exuberance. I love the fabric and the feelings these ladies have. Their spirits are imbued with self power.
And working with sweater fabric has been a new challenge, but I love the way it adds a new dimension…the feeling of winter.
This Evergreen batik fabric was a challenge, just to see what colors would go with it. I put down the white and black and greys and whites and was surprised it would go….and the brights flowed too. I add colors by feeling and never know what will be allowed and what will have to go.
As I was waiting for the above pictures to be downloaded on to this site, I was reading in David Hawkins book, Power vs Force.
"Force is limited, whereas power is unlimited. Through its insistence that the ends justify the means, force sells out freedom, for expediency. Force offers quick, easy, solutions. In power, the means and the end are the same, but ends require greater maturity, discipline, and patience to be brought to fruition."
"Great leaders inspire us to have faith and confidence because of the power of their absolute integrity and alignment with inviolate principles. Such figures understand that you can't compromise principle and still retain your power." David Hawkins
What really caught my eye, is that Force Sells out Freedom…and it will justity any means to get what it wants.
Acting out in this moment of time, to ensure a peaceful end…really?
Is not your life created by each step in time?
It is insane to think that all the steps of force will in the end deliver a relationship of empowerment. You can't steal power and have a strong individual left standing.
I have seen families in the FALC, and even those who have left the church behind, but not the force driven relationships, force their children…by not letting them have their freedom.
It has shown me how it was so imperative that I give my children the power to make their own choices. That is freedom. Letting them decide…especially when it went against my values or viewpoints…or basically against me. That was when it mattered most. And I let them. I not only let them, but had to do so willingly in complete agreement, that yes, they are allowed to go against me. In fact, if they feel so drawn to, they must…they have to follow their own inner feelings, NoT Mine.
My earlier mothering instincts were to force them to do as I did…yet after I gave my self the power to walk differently than my parents, it would have been hypocritical to not let them do the same. And they did.
It takes great discipline and patience to watch your children grow into their own maturity and lives…but what freedom and joy to allow them them to be free thinkers and free movers, to not be attached at the hip of me….doing and saying and being…Like puppets on my string.
I truly believed in my own freedom and my authentic power…and that belief powered and gave me strength to give the same to my children.
It really does take great patience and discipline to stay in the mode of freedom of choice and empowerment…allowing them to be free, for you can't know if they will freely chose to be with you.
"If you love someone, set them free….If they come back to you their yours…" You will then have two free spirits enjoying life together.
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