Empowerment...

Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.

Empowerment, just what does that the word mean, I have seen it used by countless people on T.V., Radio, etc... People trying to get you to believe in and/or buy into their point of view or product, which they are selling on some late night program, and all you have to do is buy their stuff and your life will improve beyond compare. I think the worst use of the term is when people mis-use it to imply anything other then an education, rather you read a book, look something up on line, or go to school, college, etc... a teacher once told me all the secrets of the world are hidden in books, even if that book you read is on line or via a nok. It just seems to me that we are some how trying to hide the part that Education equals Empowerment, and you don't need to buy someones three part plan or attend a special class held at that local Holiday Inn, just to come to terms with fact, that if there is something in your life you wish to change, you have the power within yourself to do it, without spending your money on something of little value to give you the confidence to change.
    Because that's the real empowering word here, it is to change, you have the ability to do it alone, but its like when you go to your friend and ask their opinion on what ever the issue may be, you don't really want their opinion, you really just want them to re-confirm your opinion, thusly make you feel better about the course of auction you have already laid out for yourself... and if your friend does give you their real opinion and it doesn't match yours... well just what kind of friend are they... perhaps the best you may ever have,
someone who believes in you has much as you should believe in yourself.  I am sure that are many out there that my have a different point of view on the word empowerment, and I empower you to have it... just please remember one little thing, sometimes in life the hardest thing to hear is an opinion that is different from yours, nationals have and are still at war, over such opinions... just think of it as a coin, all coins have two sides, and you can not have heads without tales... because if you did, how would we start football games...

My thought for the day: Rather you life gives you heads or tails on the toss, it really just great to be part of the game and regardless of which side you land on, with a little help from your friends, you can make a change... Get it... coins... change...