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Originally Posted by Kylark  I just want to say that I enjoy Paul P's posts and I feel energized after reading them, not drained. I think his writing is thought-provoking, and his ideas are a nice complement to Steve P's. |
Thank you. I actually get that quite often in personal emails and PM's as well as from people in real life. In fact, I have to say that Steve Pavlina is the first person who has ever told me that I "drain him" with what I say or write. I've had people disagree with me, or question it or ask further questions, but I've never been told by anyone that they feel like they have "less energy" after interacting with me than before.
In fact, just three days ago I received this wonderful letter from someone on my blog (Posted with her permission):
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Hi Paul. I hope life is offering you many kindnesses. I am writing to express my deep gratitude. You will forever live in my heart as one of the people who has profoundly changed my life in a good way. Since working through the Passion Project, every day I have done some little thing towards manifesting Bravehearts (the residential youth center). It is gaining momentum now. I am meeting with people who have founded and are running youth shelters, and have an appointment coming up with a man who runs a youth residential facility. I am being very supported in my belief that there is a dire need for Bravehearts in this area. I am in the research stages-- statistics etc, and putting together different aspects of the “services” to be provided. Before long, I expect to be working as part of a community effort to bring the center to life. The strangest- for lack of a better word- thing about this is I feel like I’m just following a script that’s already been written. I have no fear, no hesitation whatsoever, even tho I am lacking many of the skills that are needed in this process. I feel like I am following the energy rather than creating it. I have a KNOWING that this center will open, and have an intuition that I will work to open others like it in other areas. I have a deep sense of peace and faith in what is happening. It all started with you and your vision, Paul. Your vision brought my own to life. Thank you is a gross understatement. I hope you feel the gratitude in these words. I wanted you to know. emilee
ps. you will touch many more lives through Bravehearts, and I recommend The Passion Project every chance I get.
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I am not posting this to brag, but rather to illustrate that if my point of view had a "draining" effect on people I wouldn't be doing it. In fact, my point of view has had an empowering effect on people and they've let me know that, and it keeps me going in that direction.
The only thing I can think of in terms of why Steve would have said something like that is that I know from his Lightworker/Darkworker articles, I know he's convinced that the path to Enlightenment is to GIVE LOVE to the world only and "the world will take care of me". My personal view on it is a bit different. I see it as GIVE LOVE to myself AND the world. Steve seems to believe that you can only offer love to the world or yourself because they are going in different directions. I don't believe this so some of what I write concentrates on how to love the world, while other things I write concentrate on how to love yourself.
I think that whenever I write from the point of view of taking care of yourself, it brakes one of Steve's beliefs/rules away from concentrating on GIVE LOVE TO WORLD ONLY and perhaps that feels draining to him. However, in my opinion that only happens because he has some ego issues to resolve in that area of life still. It shouldn't feel draining to love yourself, and it shouldn't feel negative to love yourself. I really don't believe one can truly love the world to it's fullest without first fully loving oneself to the fullest. Many have tried though.
Anyway. Thanks for your comment. If anyone else feels drained by what I write, just ignore my blabber. It's meant for the other people.