Dearest Empath,
You are gifted, and (hopefully, since you are reading this and all) you know it.
But there is one thing I’d like to share with you, as a fellow Empath. Many, many Empath’s, and article’s about what it means to be an Empath are reinforcing one trait that someone needs to address. And since I have not yet seen anyone talk about it, I will.
This belief that ‘Empath’s cannot help but feeling everything’ needs to be spoken about, because we (Empath’s) can help it. Yes, during times of heavy or strong emotion we feel it all very deeply, but we can control how we are affected, and I feel like it’s a huge misconception that we can’t. Us Empath’s, with our overflow of compassion and empathy. are so much stronger than we think.
The belief that ‘Negativity gets sucked into your pores, and affects you so much it almost always ruins your day’ isn’t necessary. Because we don’t have to allow such negativity to affect and disempower us. We can control how much we let it, and keep breathing out all the positivity we possibly can.
We fight for our limitations, and they are of our own creation. The ‘I am an Empath and most of the time it breaks me’ thing that I keep seeing is something we have chosen to allow. We can have a bubble that only bounces off the negativity, it can be balanced. We can choose what we react to – strongly or momentarily. We are more than just emotional sponges, and we have so many tools to help us be more balanced.
So, let’s change it to ‘I am an Empath, and I am stronger than you know’.
Because quite honestly, allowing ourselves to be affected so much by something we could instead see as something to work on, to me comes off as weak. And I know that Empath’s are more than that. And while it is a small piece to the puzzle, it is a very important piece to the puzzle. Yes, being an Empath can be hard and/or tiring, I know, but we can overcome those energies that get us down.
Being an Empath is such a blessing. We can make space for healing and vulnerability, we have an understanding from a higher consciousness, and we can banish the negativity from reaching us and diminish its power. There is no ‘How to deal with being an Empath’ there is only ‘You are an Empath, have fun and own it’
Namaste
All of the Love, Light, and Positivity to you – Riley Reign
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