You give your power away when you make someone or something outside of you more important than what is inside of you.
Alan CohenTo grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.
Alan CohenGratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.
Alan Cohen