Stop putting people before your purpose. 🛑
When you let the fear of what others may say, their opinions, or their beliefs about who you are and what you should be doing take precedence over your purpose, you are allowing them to rule your life.
No person on this earth should have more authority over your own life than you. This includes your mother, father, brother, sister, auntie, best friend, or teacher…. Anyone!
By prioritising people’s thoughts and opinions over your purpose, you are wasting your precious gifts and neglecting the work you are meant to do in the world and the impact you are meant to make in the lives you are here to change.
Also, the people you are meant to help are not receiving the best version of you. They are not benefiting from the full extent of your purpose, message, impact, power, or potential for them to change, learn, and grow.
If you have a message for the world, and if you are reading this, I have no doubt that you do, do not allow yourself to be silenced by other human beings (who are all as flawed as the next person by the way. We all are).
We often give away our personal autonomy and authority to people who have no right to possess even an ounce of it.
As adults, we must recognise the potential danger in this and how it can negatively affect our lives. We may one day look back with regret, realising that our lives have been shaped by the opinions of others rather than by our purpose.
❤️ Where are you giving away your power?
❤️ Who have you allowed to have more authority over your life than you do?
❤️ How will you reclaim that power, which is yours and yours alone, and prevent anyone from taking it away from you ever again?
