Empower the people to gain back our power!

Today, I want to ask you, who are reading this, to join me in my hope for a better future!  

As I was researching the internet after information on empowerment, I came across an all encompassing definition and point of view I want to share with all of those who, like myself, believe that only through individual change can any collective transformation occur.

Read on: 

"...we suggest that empowerment is a multi-dimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that fosters power (that is, the capacity to implement) in people, for use in their own lives, their communities, and in their society, by acting on issues that they define as important...

In addition, one important implication of this definition of empowerment is that the individual and community are fundamentally connected...

To create change we must change individually to enable us to become partners in solving the complex issues facing us. In collaborations based on mutual respect, diverse perspectives, and a developing vision, people work toward creative and realistic solutions."

VIA Journal of Extension

How important is your and your nation's future? Is it important enough as to create in you the fearlessness to work on your individual change process before you can collectively help free your country from heinously shameless corruption?

Please watch the video and you will understand why we are in such dire need of empowered, fearless individuals in our society!

People are tired of lies!

People are feeling cheated and manipulated!

Do you define your and your country's future as important? If so, join me in my hope to see an empowered community fearlessly stand up tall and implement their influence over corruption and mishandling of resources! Start acting by spreading this video!

I've got life!

Legendary singer and songwriter Nina Simone inspired me today!

Living in the heart of Athens, Greece, during this time of political chaos and social upheaval has proved to be both despairing and inspiring.

Needless to say, despair comes with realizing that millions of lives, hopes and dreams have been completely undermined and disdained, traded in for the force of greed, for the hunger of the few who need more and more to live in their version of peace! Despair is at the heart of moments like the ones of this past week, when hundreds of Greek citizens were hospitalized due to the brutal use of violence by the police force! Despair advances with seeing more and more educated and resourceful young men and women being laid off, not producing as their energy and fruitfulness allows them to, rather fleeing the country for a better tomorrow or giving up their dreams for a piece of bread!

Yet, at times like these, one cannot help but feel inspired! There is inspiration in the nation's biggest plateia (square), where hundreds of thousands have peacefully protested for over 25 days and nights, sharing their hope that tomorrow will be a better day and their dreams will not be derided. There is inspiration in knowing deep within, that from chaos, all great things are created! Inspiration also comes in returning to ourselves, looking within and painfully and bravely understanding that there is a reason why each and every one of us is involved in this massive muddle. Yet, the most pronounced inspiration is the remembrance that one doesn't need much to be happy or complete; because we have been given the greatest gift of all: our life!


Nina Simone inspired me today by reminding me to keep it simple and to be grateful for the generous present that is my life!

How much inspiration are you inviting into your own precious life?