A-Z Challenge P- Power

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just    Blaise Pascal

According to the Oxford Dictionary, power is  authority or command over other, ability to influence others through the use for force
We all have a sense or experience of power. Many of us have use power over others by virtue of our size, our strength, ability or through other means as well as we have experienced the power of others over us beginning with our parents, teachers and supervisors. now
   Because power confers on people the ability to control others, many misuse this privilege to get their own way and to force others to bend to their will instead of coming to a mutual understanding. A typical example of this is the ways in which parents sometimes treat their children.  Many parents do not respect their children;s opinions and maybe understand their role as a decision maker and feel that they know what is best and impose their will on children without explanation. :Just do it because I say so kind of thing. This attitude is also carried out in the workplace where supervisors may treat their staff as they treat their children, telling them what to do with the threat of being fired or disciplined if they did not, many  are not interested in the opinions of staff only in what they want and this could be carried out further in the State where a leader might become obsessed with their own sense of power and turn into dictators overriding the democratic rights of their citizens and  decree laws and punishmen\that are oppressive.
  There is a saying that absolute power corrupts. Power is sweet for those who like to use it as a weapon and to boost their own sense of importance.
   When one thinks of power the first thing that may come to mind is the ability to command others to one's will, Having the power to hire or fire a person for a job is huge, having the power to charge someone with an offence is huge, having the power of to confer and take away rights of an entire nation or a group of people  is huge. Having the power to change the lives of others for the better to create a just society by implementing appropriate laws and policies  is huge.
  Power can be used for good or bad it depends on who is wielding the power. Think of Hitler, the dictator or the modern day Russian leader against the weaker country Ukrainian think about the American or Canadian democratic societies where human rights are enshrined in the constitution.
   Because of what can be done with power there are many who long for it but the only true power a person has is power over oneself. This is the most important power.  When one has mastered the power over oneself, he or she is better able to use power responsibility and humanely. 

Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.  Alfred A. Montapert