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The Empowering Word of the Month for October 2025 is, Awakening.  When I think about the word, Awakening, I think about the words, Clarity…Becoming...To Rise… A Powerful Shift…Actively Working Toward Something…Epiphany...An Aha Moment…Clear Vision… to Forge Ahead…and Finding Purpose.  When you think about Awakening, it is not about having everything all figured out.  It is okay to not always have everything all figured out…pray for guidance, instruction, direction, and provisional resources.

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Awakening is the moment you begin to realize that what once satisfied you, no longer does.  It is when you start asking deeper questions about the meaning of life and your purpose in life.  It is when you begin to live with INTENTION AND PURPOSE   Awakening is the signal that change is needed and this should ignite the passion in you to shift from where you are to where you want to be mentally, physically, spiritually, financially and emotionally.  At first, this awakening might feel uncomfortable, because you might not yet be prepared to take the necessary steps toward shifting your situation. 

 

However, the awakening occurs to help you not waste any more time stuck in a period of mediocrity, unfulfillment, or stagnation.  An awakening is powerful, so you must take advantage of the moment and leverage it the best way that you can to work towards the outcome that you anticipate.   It is okay that you don’t always know the right path to take in life, no one has all of the answers.  What you must do, however, is choose a path. Everyone should have a goal in life and it is okay to have more than one goal.  Just try to tackle one goal at a time, so that you don’t overwhelm yourself with doing nothingness.   

 

An awakening is something that shifts inside of you that makes you want more out of life.  You have to be honest with yourself about what it is that you want.  Have those honest conversations with yourself and others.  Let go of the timeliness, you’re not too late or too early.  There is a reason and a season for everything.  Take steps towards what feels like the right thing to do.

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Don’t mistake your questions about uncertainty or worry with disbelief or that you are lost.  You are not lost, you’re waking up to the truth.  You are opening your eyes and seeing your situation for what it truly is, rather than what you want it to be, or what you’ve been told.  You’re waking up to the truth that there is more in you than you previously may have thought or believed. 

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There is a discomfort at first when you experience an awakening, because it causes you to have a deep reflection period where you assess your life and the people in it.  We begin to see clearly and with an open heart.  We no longer live life based on societal conditioning, we begin to live in present moments with intention and purpose.  We stop taking ourselves, life, and people for granted.  We assess what and who really matters.

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You have to be ready for the awakening, because it will require you to make some tough decisions.  These decisions often lead to a brighter future, causing you to let go of things and people who may have held you back from progression; even if one of those things is you and your old way of thinking.  The awakening can open your mind to new ways of thinking.  Awakening might even hurt at first, as well, because it causes us to face truth and reality, both are however, essential to our healing, peace, transformation, spiritual beliefs, and being honest with ourselves. 

 

Awakening requires you to listen deeply, show up for yourself for real, live in your truth, align your actions with inner truth, and choose the present over the past, as well as courage over comfort. Approach awakening with true awareness and love.  It could be helping you in the long run.  It offers us an invitation to wake up, take the blinders off, become more aware of what life is telling us, what we are telling ourselves, and what we need to do.

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It can be a great experience as well as a frightening experience.  It can be a great experience, because it will allow you to make informed decisions that are beneficial to your success.  It can be a frightening experience if you are not ready to deal with the truth and reality, or not ready to move in a new direction.  Don't spend most of your life with blinders on...awaken, so that you can get to your true happiness.

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By Lynnette Clement