Power

“People who own the world outright for profit

will have to be stopped by influence, by power,

by us.”

                                             Wendell Berry

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Let’s hear it for power

Which is neither bad, nor good

Because it is what we do with it that matters

We can use power for good

Or for evil

We can use it to benefit only ourselves,

Or we can use it to benefit others.

We can use it carefully and kindly

Or we can use it careless and brutally

Power can be as addictive for some as heroine or cocaine

And as mind altering as LSD

Right now we live in a world

And (in the US) in a country

Were power is all about profit

We have leaders who value only money

And power comes with that territory

So their use of power is evil

Selfish

Careless

And brutal

Sometimes as we look at what is going on

As we hear about star wars

And concentration camps for children

And graft and corruption

As we hear lie after lie after lie

And see racism promoted by the one who is supposed to ensure justice (our AG)

We feel helpless and hopeless

And we are

And we aren’t

We can vote

We can raise our voices in protest

We can pray

And ultimately we can try to trust that Love Wins

Love always Wins

That is a huge leap of faith

As big as believing in the Sacred (who is after all, Love)

But without such faith?

Where are we?