Empowerment: give qualities or abilities to

I'm not talking superpowers but rather just plain ordinary things. Empowerment: sitting in an airplane seat; buckling the belt and then taking in slack. Empowerment: Being able to walk into a store and purchase off the rack a size 2x shirt. Empowerment: knowing that sweets, although not altogether bad, have no control over you. This is a God type of empowerment. Walking on water empowerment. Seeing the miraculous pierce the mundane. Knowing that 99 pounds ago, I didn't have it. Now that I have empowerment, the rest of the journey, though tough, will not be one that is insourmountable. Empowerment: knowing you can finish when once you thought it was impossible to take the first step.