{"id":2734,"date":"2021-04-16T07:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2021-04-16T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:54:57","slug":"shakti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/?p=2734","title":{"rendered":"shakti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many situations in life are both-and (as opposed to either-or)…in my life, especially this season, there have been moments (too many to count)<\/em> when I felt powerless.<\/p>\n

I believe that I AM powerful<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Shakti is a Sanskrit word meaning power, sacred force, energy, empowerment.<\/p>\n

I heard someone recently say that she doesn’t need external empowerment when she has empowerment from within; that resonated with me. Again, both-and…there are moments when the external\/additional is valuable, but…<\/p>\n

Always, what fuels and carries me is shakti (power\/empowerment from within; the very sacred force of heaven).<\/p>\n

I AM powerful<\/strong> (inserting raised fist)<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I may not agree with or even want what is happening to\/around me. I may not like or understand the abrupt and unwelcome changes coming my way; Truth remains: I AM powerful<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I AM powerful<\/span> <\/strong>not because I can stop negative\/hurtful things, but because I do not allow them to define me.<\/p>\n

I AM powerful<\/span> <\/strong>because I process each and every<\/span> difficult thing so that I can move forward<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I AM powerful\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>because it is the very essence of who I am; a part of my core.<\/span><\/p>\n

I AM powerful<\/strong> <\/span>because fill in your personal reminder…<\/em>to carry you in and through<\/em> the messy moments.<\/p>\n

Shakti (power, sacred force, energy, empowerment) to you my fellow Warrior ~ as we war alongside one other against all negatives intent on keeping us down. Here, for and with, you…always!<\/p>\n

Common Day Hero:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Harilals, yes, the whole family…I want to express my gratitude for the practical ways you’ve stepped in to help me. In my younger years, I felt so confident and independent. Without realizing it, over time, I allowed that to be taken away…sigh. Daily I’m gaining strength, choosing courage (more than not) and so thankful for all that you continue to be: my prayer warriors, my all-things-practical group, my emergency rescue team (perceived and otherwise!) and my common sense crew when unexpected trauma blindsided me. Today, I dedicate this post to all of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many situations in life are both-and (as opposed to either-or)…in my life, especially this season, there have been moments (too many to count) when I felt powerless. I believe that I AM powerful. Shakti is a Sanskrit word meaning power, sacred force, energy, empowerment. I heard someone recently say that she doesn’t need external empowerment…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[123,157,156,158,155,154,11],"class_list":["post-2734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-empowerment","tag-energy","tag-force","tag-human","tag-power","tag-shakti","tag-strength"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/miguel-bruna-TzVN0xQhWaQ-unsplash.jpg?fit=1920%2C2400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2760,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734\/revisions\/2760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}