This is the opening line to a story in last week’s Time magazine about the Republican Party and its myriad problems in the realms of sex, lies, and power games:
Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when clinging to power is the only idea left.
The other line that keeps running through my head is from a song by John Mayer entitled Vultures:
Power is made, by power being taken
So I keep on running
To protect my situation
Not sure what to do with either of these, but they feel important for me to consider for myself – and for the institutions within which I live and work.
One more that helps me keep perspective:
[Jesus'] ministry was clearly defined, and the alternatives to the illusion and temptations of the desert were spelled out. A choice was made — life abundant, full, and free for all. Make no mistake about it, the day that choice was made, Jesus became suspect. That day in the temple he sealed the fate already prepared for him. How was the world to understand one who rejected an offer of power and control? Joan B. Campbell
Seems we’re in good company when we don’t cling to power or take power, but give it away.
Worth wondering about…
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