have you ever witnessed one of your close friends get a sliver of power/influence/notoriety and see them become a monster?

i genuinely believe people do not know how to navigate & manage power (so it doesn’t corrupt), it’s not a natural thing for us.

so if we lived our lives with little to no power/influence why do we expect to know how to manage it when we do get ummm... any really?

we really don’t know how we would handle it if we aren’t even curious about the effect power has on ego.

but awareness is only ever the first step right? so how do we keep checks & balances?

for me it takes consciously slowing down, asking where am i going? who am i becoming? who is feeding into this?

i withdraw and have to remind myself of my values and purpose. while also trying to transmute the self so i don’t crave power/influence.