GrandRising | A Sovereign Choice — 6/9/2020 8:11 AM

Many people speak of freedom.

Many people speak of power.

Many people speak of sovereignty.

Yet few acknowledge the burden that accompanies all three.

Because sovereignty is not the absence of responsibility.

It is the acceptance of it.

It is the realization that no one is coming to think for you.

No one is Coming to save you.

No one is coming to choose for you.

No one is coming to become you.

And while some find that frightening...

I find it a natural conclusion.

Because hidden within that realization is one of the greatest gifts a human being can possess:

Choice.

The choice to continue.

The choice to change.

The choice to remain.

The choice to build.

The choice to speak.

The choice to remain silent.

The choice to forgive.

The choice to walk away.

The choice to begin again.

Within that choice lies accountability.

And many deliberately choose to ignore that.

However, even self-sovereignty is a system.

A system of endurance.

A system of accountability.

A system of choice.

And like all systems, it is governed by principles.

Cause.

Effect.

Affect.

A cause is the choice itself.

The action.

The word spoken.

The step taken.

Or neglected.

The effect is the outcome produced by that choice.

Expected or otherwise.

But affect...

Affect is what ripples outward.

The lives touched.

The rooms entered.

The minds changed.

The opportunities created.

Or destroyed.

Because no choice exists in isolation.

Every cause creates an effect.

And every effect carries an affect.

Upon ourselves.

Upon others.

Upon the reality we collectively contribute to.

And whether we acknowledge it or not, we remain participants within that exchange.

Every consequence becomes part of the architecture of self.

Every day we are presented with countless opportunities to surrender that choice.

To circumstance.

To expectation.

To fear.

To habit.

To the opinions of others.

And every day we are presented with the opportunity to reclaim it.

Not through force.

Not through domination.

Not through control.

But through conscious participation in our own lives.

That is what sovereignty has always meant to me.

Not authority over others.

Authority over self.

The ability to stand within your own mind and say:

"This choice is mine."

Whether that choice leads to triumph or failure.

Whether it leads to certainty or uncertainty.

Whether it leads to comfort or growth.

It remains yours.

And there is something profoundly sacred about that.

So today, choose carefully.

Choose intentionally.

Choose honestly.

For every path before you begins with a single sovereign choice.

Grandrising.