Power

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

~ Epictetus

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Election season is a time when I reflect on the nature of power and influence; the difference between stability and change; the challenges of choices; the impact that decisions made today have on the future.

It has become more and more a time of anxiety as I have grown up and - probably / maybe - paid more attention to what is going on in the world around me.

I also have become more anxious about the nature of power given all of our technology. So much (mis)information. So much angry, disrespectful, ignorant rhetoric. Winners being determined either by who drowns out other voices or by who has the most degrading jab at an opponent.

And also when people post photos of messages on their phones or iPads and their battery levels are under 12%. That gives me tremendous anxiety. Your phone is about to die, people!!