Power as weakness

We attach to power the expectations of control, position, wealth and status. We admire and often envy power and the celebrities who have it or whom we give it to.

Measured in reality, power often leads to greed, corruption, arrogance and the control of others. Wealth and status are acquired at the loss of dignity of others and results in the accumulation of material things beyond any concept of personal need.

Measured in moral terms, power becomes weakness. Weakness demands endless material wealth to build esteem. Weakness looks the other way at the needs of others. Weakness is vain and must be surrounded by and covered in the finest of everything. Weakness looks down on others and is mindless of their dignity.

So it is up to us to decide who gets put on the pedestal.