Expressing your own thoughts and feelings can be quite empowering.
The freedom in that expression comes from allowing yourself choice to express rather than remaining restricted by the expectations of others or expectations which are generated from beliefs about expression.
Within that freedom of choice there also resides a responsibility - not to others necessarily – but to yourself.
That responsibility has to do with examining your own motivations and beliefs regarding your communication, so that you are not automatically driven by beliefs which you are not even aware of. There is nothing inherently wrong about holding any belief, really. However, the point is to recognize what, exactly, motivates you to respond at all, and what motivates you to respond in a particular way.
In noticing that and in becoming objectively aware of your motivations you then provide yourself important information about yourself, which, in turn, allows you to offer yourself even more choice and thus more freedom of movement.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
