Power is at the root of the human experience. Our attitudes and beliefs--positive or negative--are all extensions of how we define and use power.

When we harbor negative emotions toward others or toward ourselves, or when we intentionally create pain for others, we poison our own physical and spiritual systems. By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. It disables a person's emotional resources. The challenge...is to refine our capacity to love others as well as ourselves and to develop the power of forgiveness.

Becoming internally empowered shifts a person's center of gravity from external to internal- a mark of spiritual passage.

Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be

fantasizing is one of the earliest languages in the child's mind. We are in touch with our imagination and dreams before we engage with logic and reason.

Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.

Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.