Power

"To merit the right to hold power,
it is imperative to give up
struggling to assert it
before having the internal strength it takes to qualify to use it."

~ Joan Chittisler, Order of St. Benedict

Oh how often, we see power misused, justified, and arrogantly demanded when there is not the under girding to execute it. In New Zealand, the Maori (Polynesian indigenous people) have a great word for this "under girding" that earns the right to speak into any situation. It's "Mana". Mana is an earned right because you've walked the turf, experienced it, lived nobly in the face of adversity, and proven a character that is not about ones self, not arrogant, but humble yet strong.

Oh that more leaders lived and led this way. Have you not noted that every leader you've aspired to emulate was like this? Has not every great leader in any epic, movie or book been just this type leader? No wonder Jesus is so attractive.