"Power without Love is reckless and abusive, and Love without Power is sentimental and anemic" -MLK
Thought I'd change fonts... this one is weird.
Anyways, yes. I concur with this quote. It has two parts.
Part 1: Power without Love
When people with power or authority over another or others act and speak without compassion or humility they become "reckless and abusive". The way I see it, this applies to everyone -not just those with power -but it is more obvious among those who lift themselves up on a pedestal for others to see. People act out of dominance and pride. Love tempers man. It keeps him in a space between arrogance and self-loathing. It makes him know his strength without making him feel compelled to show it for everyone else to see - to act out of this strength to raise others up and not just himself.
Part 2: Love without Power
Love without power isn't sentimental. It is a sentiment. Nothing more. Without power and conviction behind it, love is just a notion and a concept. It is frail and weak and has nothing to keep it standing when it is faced with adversity. Like any true belief a man would call his own, love has to be defended and protected. Otherwise it wouldn't last. It wouldn't amount to anything. It would not endure.
"Like any true belief a man would call his own, love has to be defended and protected. Otherwise it wouldn't last. It wouldn't amount to anything. It would not endure."
ReplyDelete--- More clarification here if you don't mind. I can see how this would apply to people, as these words sounds very familiar to how an Airamses feels about a Pisches, but the defense of love?
Help me out here.
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I don't really see what you're confused about, but I guess it has something to do with "the defense of love".
ReplyDeleteLove has to be defended and protected. It requires work,making sure the connection you have with the person you're with is strong. Love has to withstand money issues, differing interests and opinion, the doubts of others, distance, time... Love has to be supported and defended when it comes across these things.
Ah...you mean the defense of love for someone...got it. I thought you were saying "love" itself...as if this all powerful force needs our meager defense.
ReplyDeleteLove will always be there between two people. The defense of it will simply show if it is practiced or not. Take my parents...looooong since separated. They still love each other...but because they did not defend this love, it is most certainly not shown anymore.
I've never seen someone un-love another. Just un-give-love.
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