empower

empower yourselves...give yourself permission to love yourself, to cherish your humanity...
teach our children this love so that when they move out into the world, they can face any situation...
build your self esteem, know that you are Divine...
by your example, lead our children to hold themselves in high esteem...
this way, they will turn away from those who would profess false love, those who would cheat and lie to them...
teach them their value as human beings, allow them to see your eyes light up when they come into the room...
know that by doing these things, you are changing the world...and you are living righteously...
it isn't necessary to do big things, it isn't necessary to receive thanks for your deeds...
the simplest of actions trigger an invisible wave that stretches outward into the world...
live your life with honor, love and respect...feel the joy and gratitude for who you are, what you have...
regardless of our skin color, our ethnicity, our religion, our class...regardless of these differences...
we aren't so very different...fundamentally...
what is fundamentally the same is the light that shines within us...this light is what makes us all brothers and sisters,
this Divine spiritual force that resides inside us all...
all the rest is just noise, agreed upon standards that weren't always there...
to look at a black man and write him off simply due to his color, this is not Divine, therefore it is a false way to live...
to say to a woman that she must cover her face, this is not Divine, therefore it is false...
anything or anyone who would put down another speaks not from his or her soul but rather,
they speak from a place of fear, they have forgotten their own spiritual Divinity...
we must offer forth the grace of forgiveness not just to these people but to ourselves, for all of us have
succumbed once or twice to this fear...some have made a life of following this falsity...
they aren't happy...
let us teach our children to look outside of societal mores that do nothing in the way of empowerment, hence,
they do nothing to honor humanity and nothing to honor God...
let us honor God...
let us honor ourselves...