"The most common way people
give up their power is by thinking
they don't have any." ~Alice Walker
I read this quote a few moments
ago and it got me to thinking,
"What is personal power?" We
must all have it to some degree
or another. Mostly, I believe we
see it in others and don't look for
it in ourselves.
As parents, we hold a certain
amount of power over our young
children. The same would be true
of teachers in their classrooms.
Obviously, each of us in our own
walks of life, hold power.
Sooooo, what's the catch? Where's
the lesson? What's important here?
For me, it would be this . . . "Never,
ever, under any circumstance, abuse
the power we hold."
Abuse of power may just be one of
the reasons we're where we are today.
My apologies to Alice Walker. She
made an important point and I seem
to have gone off on a tangent!
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