This one is a little left of outfield, but, think of our energy as personal empowerment, and it is quite relevant to how our emotions are affected. We exchange energy on a daily basis – for better or worse. Child, and Adult alike. Energy exchange has come up in recent days for me. Firstly, we talked about it the other day in my Aura Workshop. Energy depletion does come from the limitation we place on our daily lives. And there are different ways we give away energy, sometimes it is blatant, and in other ways, it’s more subtle.
For example: You live with a person for a number of years, whether that be a partner, parents, children, or friends. You’ve had a wonderful day – lunch with friends, a couple of wines, a few compliments, and you’re feeling great. Your partner, or whoever you share a house with,comes home, and they’ve had a really crap day. They don’t want to know about your lovely day, they want you to know about their awful day! What happens to your energy? It plummets. This is the subtle way we give away energy.
In a more blatant manner, you might find yourself doing something you didn’t want to do. This was your one day to yourself to relax, read a book, and do nothing. You forgot about that little word called, “No.” And when you do say it, you make it a sentence. “No, I can’t because….” No need for that sentence. And yet we all do it.
In schools, peer pressure is a biggie. Kids so desperately want to belong, and they then find themselves doing things they wouldn’t normally do, just to be part of the group. Giving away their energy. And it’s hard with peer pressure, because the energy of the whole group is much more powerful than it is with a single person . Adults, of course, are still subject to peer pressure – in work, with friends and family. Ticking some boxes here are we?
And, we all know at least that one person who is an energy drain. We know, when we see them coming, we know we are going to feel absolutely drained by the end of their visit. Uh huh…some of them know they are doing it, and that they are going to feel better when they leave your place. They’ve come for that specific reason. Others may not be aware of what they’re doing. Still, they are what I call “energy vampires.” A little tip here… if you’re able to visualise. Put up a mirror in front of you, which is facing outwards. This reflects their energy back to themselves, and you won’t take it on, or let it drain you.
Yesterday, for me, was the perfect example of a fair energy exchange. I met up with a friend, Betsy Mills, who I hadn’t seen in a long while. It was great. We both talked, and talked, about everything, really. Probably not a subject we didn’t touch on. It wasn’t even as if we were trying to solve all the problems of the world…as if! I walked away from that catch up, feeling at peace, but also energised. These are the friends we should keep around, friends who enhance our growth, and there is a mutual expansion of energy.
If you could think of energy as a currency, and be more mindful of how you spend it, life would be much easier. Think of energy as personal empowerment. How are you giving your power away?
