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Sep 2017
WOULD POWER BE AN EXPENSIVE COMMODITY AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE ELITE?
DO WE HAVE TO BE RICH, A POLITICIAN PRIEST OR ATHLETE?
WOULD POWER BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE LAYMAN, THE POOR AND UNEDUCATED?
SURELY POWER IS OBTAINABLE TO WHOEVER WANTS TO BE ELATED.
WELL I ONCE HEARD THAT WE "HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL".
I WOULD ADD THAT WOMAN IN THAT SAME VEIN IS THE ULTIMATE RIVAL.
SO WHY DO WE CHOOSE TO BE AS WEAK AND SOFT AS AN INSIGNIFICANT HANDSHAKE?
BECAUSE SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT CRUCIFY US TO THE STAKE.
DESCARTES HAD IT ALL SPELLED OUT FOR US CENTURIES AGO.
UNDO THE BRAINWASHING AND THINK FOR YOURSELF WAS HIS MOTTO.
AS A MOTHER USING AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE OBEDIENCE FROM HER CHILD
WE TOO CAN GAIN POWER USING AUTHORITY WITH EVERY WORD WE THINK INSTEAD OF RUNNING WILD.
AFFIRMATION OF EVERYTHING WE SAY WITH AUTHORITY WILL GIVE US CONTROL IN ANY GIVEN SPHERE.
POWER AND SUPREMACY WILL BE OURS WITH PLENTY TO SPARE.
INFLUENCE OVER THE COURSE AND SUCCESS OF OUR LIVES IS OURS FOR THE TAKING.
SO LET US AWAKE TO THAT REALITY, LET US BE A POWERFUL BEING AND NOT A WEAKLING.
Rita Anna Thompson
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Rita Anna Thompson  F/United States
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