Power is not free

If we let others trample all over us they will keep on doing it.
If we sit quitely, passively and hope for some humanity, for justice, for compassion we will perish.
Stand up and face the wind.
Confront.
Not only those who we beleive are taking advantage of us but our own shadows and weaknesses.
Confront.
Not only when it comes to our survival but when it comes to the quality of humanness we expect.
Demand.
Not only what is rightfully ours but what is just.
Stop sitting helplessly and moan that we have been robbed of our power.
No one can take our power away. No one has to- we give it in voluntarily.
We hand our integrity and strength, our pride and our power so we can avoid confrontation.
So we can keep some sense of security in a world where security can not exist.
Justice and integrity and safety for our own unigueness can't survive in a environment where we can't speak our truth for fear of being judged, regected or shunned away.
Take our power and hold on to it tight.
But don't think power comes for free.
Power comes with the price of responsibility.
The responsibility for our own happiness, for our own destiny, for our own integrity.
If we wish to sit petrified by our own stupidity and wait mindlessly for someone else to take pity on us, save us, take care of our responsibilities and make us happy then we will drown in our own ignorance.
Have the guts to be human. Have the guts to be weak and scared and wrong but own it.
Embrace our emotions and let them be what they are without repressing them.
Take the responsibility for our feelings, for our actions, for our success or failure, instead of mindlessly throwing the blame around for someone else to carry.
Stand up.
Confront.
Demand.
And take the responsibility for the consequences.
We owe it to ourselves and to the rest of humanity.