It may sound like an oxymoron to say, that your weaknesses are your strengths – for how can a weakness be a strength too? Well, first of all, where a weakness exists so too, does strength. Think of it like a long piece of rope. On one end is the weakness, let’s call it cowardice. On the other end is a strength, let’s cal it courage. They both exist on the same plane of energy. They are both aspects of the same condition, simply formed to appear in different places and in different ways. For example, cowardice is fear [more like terror] which causes a reaction of halting, standing immobilized in the face of adversity. On the same vibrational level however, courage exists. Courage is taking action, in the face of fear, to elicit a change – hopefully for the better. Each vibration is unable to sustain the same place at the same exact time on the energy line, but because they both share the same frequency it is effortless requiring non-resistance to move from one point to another.
In this truth the power of strength is always present, waiting for you to tap into it at any time. When you feel weak, unable to ‘break through’ whatever holds you in your habit patterns, keeps you fully addicted to external or personal internal conditions or simply holds you back from taking the next step forward, strength is right there waiting to remedy the situation. So here’s a tip to help transform your weaknesses into the strengths they really are. To access this power take a deep breath from the base of your spin all the way up to the top of your head, then exhale easily, effortlessly, out through your stomach. Lunge forward with your right leg and stomp your foot; then say with absolute conviction, “I use my power to shift this energy by one degree, where my personal strength changes everything for my highest good.”
Here’s a little story to demonstrate the point. A family member of mine adopted a beautiful baby boy who had just celebrated his 21st birthday. He loved cars and, in particular, he loved to race in cars. His spirit grew restless until one day, four years ago, he decided to race down a public street [a kind of thorough fair] with his best friend. Before anyone realized it my cousin’s car hit the side railing, sailed into a tree forcing the car to flip over in the air a couple of times, only to land upside down and crushed completely with him still inside. It took several fire fighters with the jaws-of-life to get him out, to rush him to the nearest hospital. It was only a matter of hours before he died, never having awakened from his coma. It was my aunt’s only child and just previous to that event she had suffered another great loss in her live. She was grief stricken, completely broken, numb and paralyzed.
When the police told her that her son’s best friend had been arrested for vehicular manslaughter, she simply began to weep. She rationalized had the friend not raced with her son or had he used any type of restraint, then maybe, just maybe her son would still be alive. It would have been understood if she held anger, resentment, even revenge toward the friend who was able to walk away without even a broken bone to show for the incident. Where was the fairness? Where was the justice? However, instead of her holding onto those feelings, she found the strength, out of her moment of weakness to write a letter to the judge. It was read the final day of the young man’s trial (which she attended daily to support him even though she saw the gruesome pictures of her broken son’s body). The letter along with a very moving statement by my aunt, allowed that young man to go free; to have a second chance at life. He received probation, had his license taken away for a couple of years, and was assigned to community service but he did not go to jail.
This is a story where the deepest sense of weakness could easily have taken over this deeply grieving mother. But instead, that weakness became her strength where forgiveness filled her heart and the love for her son’s best friend remained.
by Lynne Herod-DeVerges, founder of Center of Light Miracles