Hello out there in blog-land. Today, Gommy wants to talk about what power means and what it means to different people. The definition of power has three ways to parse the etymology of the word. Power can be used as a noun i.e. the ability to produce an effect, or as a verb i.e. to supply with power as in 'to give impetus' to or as an adjective i.e. describing, as in a 'power lunch' or 'power locks' on a car.
Gommy thinks when most people think of the word 'power', they think of 'might' as in the 'power or ability and resources weilded by an individual or company', etc., to make something happen. That is definitely one way to think of the word 'power'. But along with that thinking often comes a false feeling that the person weilding the 'power' is also entitled (or that they don't have to earn what they are seeking) because they are the 'haves' and not the 'have-nots'. The only difference in the two circumstances is usually money and money can go as quickly as it came. Just ask all those zillion-aires who got scammed by the Ponzi Scheme recently.
Powerful people can be kind and generous or they can be very unkind and obnoxious and down-right miserly. You can tell the true mettle of a person, not by how much money they have, but by how they treat the other people who share time and space with them. It is easy to be cheerful and generous when things are going great guns.....but when things are falling down all around you and you are having a tough go at it......not so much. But if you can still be pleasant and respectful to others and not take out your ills on everyone else....then you have the 'power' to feel great about yourself. We all have the 'power' to control how we react to circumstances. There are such divergent disconnects in the world of the powerful and the powerless that it can be hard to navigate and 'not get any on you' if you aren't careful.
When you can realize that how much you have doesn't equate to how well you have it.....then by golly.....you do have it!!! Is this too obscure for Gommys' blog-friends? Well, what Gommy means is that what you do with your life and how you treat people is far more important than how many 'toys' you have. You will get a much better feeling about yourself when you do something nice for someone than if you buy yourself another doo-dad.
So, the thought for the day is: Be nice....do something nice.....act nicely.....and guess what? You will have a nice day!!! Toodle-ooooo - Gommy is just going to sit "on the dock of her home" and coast......((*.*))
Gommy thinks when most people think of the word 'power', they think of 'might' as in the 'power or ability and resources weilded by an individual or company', etc., to make something happen. That is definitely one way to think of the word 'power'. But along with that thinking often comes a false feeling that the person weilding the 'power' is also entitled (or that they don't have to earn what they are seeking) because they are the 'haves' and not the 'have-nots'. The only difference in the two circumstances is usually money and money can go as quickly as it came. Just ask all those zillion-aires who got scammed by the Ponzi Scheme recently.
Powerful people can be kind and generous or they can be very unkind and obnoxious and down-right miserly. You can tell the true mettle of a person, not by how much money they have, but by how they treat the other people who share time and space with them. It is easy to be cheerful and generous when things are going great guns.....but when things are falling down all around you and you are having a tough go at it......not so much. But if you can still be pleasant and respectful to others and not take out your ills on everyone else....then you have the 'power' to feel great about yourself. We all have the 'power' to control how we react to circumstances. There are such divergent disconnects in the world of the powerful and the powerless that it can be hard to navigate and 'not get any on you' if you aren't careful.
When you can realize that how much you have doesn't equate to how well you have it.....then by golly.....you do have it!!! Is this too obscure for Gommys' blog-friends? Well, what Gommy means is that what you do with your life and how you treat people is far more important than how many 'toys' you have. You will get a much better feeling about yourself when you do something nice for someone than if you buy yourself another doo-dad.
So, the thought for the day is: Be nice....do something nice.....act nicely.....and guess what? You will have a nice day!!! Toodle-ooooo - Gommy is just going to sit "on the dock of her home" and coast......((*.*))
