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When I was little I really really wanted to be a superhero. I liked the idea of protecting people. I also liked how superhero stories usually had some good lessons like “with great power comes…” oh come on I don’t need to finish that one, and you know it. So I really dived into studying superheroes, and comic books in general. I even ran a comic book group at the Barnes and Noble I worked at for a while. While I was running said discussion group we had an evening that the answers ended up being particularly deep.

The night I went to focus on super powers I was expecting things to be cheesy and we were just going to have a good time. I got more than I expected and I was thrilled. The question I asked was if you could have one super power what would it be, and how does that fit you? The answers went right down to peoples core values, and self-image.

Than it was my turn to share, and I didn’t know what power would of been worth having. Super strength wouldn’t of helped me as I was clumsy, and I would be libel to accidentally hurt someone. Flight would probably end up with me in a laboratory being dissected. Hearing peoples thoughts would be not only a headache but I don’t want to take away that privacy, and than it hit me. Before I ask for more power, even if we were just goofing around, am I using all the powers I have as it is?

We were each born with unique talents, and the ability to add to those talents. But how many of us really know how to use them, or ever use them to their fullest. Honestly if we had extra powers all of the sudden how far would we take them? The answer goes individually, and it should be kept in mind that power is far easier to abuse than to use properly.

In the end I decided that the best power to have, may very well be in my grasp. The power of self mastery… to use all of the powers that I have to the fullest, and more importantly to use them appropriately. I’m trying to learn this power now, and sometimes I do better than other times. So far the powers that I have found so far that we each have are; the power to set limits on ourselves, the power to change those limits, we have the power to reinvent ourselves, and we all have the power to get better, and the power to learn from our mistakes thus turning even defeat into a form of victory. This is what I’ve started with, and its leading on an interesting journey.

May you tap all of your powers, and may this journey go well with you. I’ll keep posting the things that have made a difference for me, and hopefully this will help.