Thursday, August 13, 2015

Lust for Power and Control backfires on us


Lust for Power

 

… comes from within, but is focused outward…

 

… takes our focus off self-control and puts it on control or power over others…

 

… comes, not from a place of humility, but one of arrogant hubris…

 

… sets up win/lose and above/below, we (I) /they dichotomies…

 

… is an illusion – a costly, hurtful and divisive illusion…

 

… does not draw people together toward a common good, but alienates people from one another out of frustration and defensiveness…

 

… seems to work for others, to get them what they want, but never to work for ourselves fully, which allure draws us into the illusory trap…

 

… takes us out of the realm of equal interaction, cooperation and community…

 

… eventually alienates us from the affection, admiration, cooperation and respect of others around us…

 

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