Love utterly redefines the nature of power. Power without love is mere brutality (even in the church), and love without power is only the sentimentality of private lives disconnected from the Whole. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," December 24, 2017
That certainly rings my bell. Hmmm. I wonder if this isn't "the rest of the story" that I never knew was needed. The rest of the we have ceased fighting anything and anybody story.
It was truly a revelation way back when I realized that to cease fighting does not mean we become doormats, but rather that we learn how to communicate in order to come to agreement. We become willing to give over in order to get a negotiated peace...to use the reasoning mind's words if you will.
Thinking on love without power, though...I suspect that I have thought of power as ego-related only and therefore to avoid, walk away from, deny myself.
Here's my great stand up and shout news: I have experienced very recently and several times the inner power of saying the exactly right push-back words without thinking about (or praying for) them. I spoke softly (!) and with humor. Ah, proof positive that God can and will speak through us and for us, and, more importantly, we need not pre-worry for we are not in control of that.
We have the Power since we know the answer: Love and Laugh.
Thank you.
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