A person that I can look up to is a person that knows how to balance the struggle of power and love. However, I believe that people tend to lean towards one or the other more. I prefer love to power because when I think of the word power I think of someone who is greedy, selfish, and ruthless. I know that not everyone is like that, but it seems that “our power becomes reckless and abusive” (71). I hear this story constantly, a person makes a lot of promises, shows the people love and at first might really want to do some good for his people, but power can change people. I agree that having that kind of power is hard though and it is impossible to please everyone. However, if love came into the picture it would make it easier for person in power to open their hearts to those who need it, which is the majority of the people in poorer countries.
It is a struggle, but I will use a soccer example again. I have been captain of my soccer teams since my sophomore year of high school. Being captain of the team is not an easy task, on the field you are the person with the power. I am a person that is more of a lover than a fighter, so I would lean towards love when talking to my teammates. I have had captains that get in your face and yell at you in front of the team, and I knew that I did not want to be that kind of captain. So I would tell my teammates what they needed to know but in an encouraging way, not bringing their confidence down. My friend was the other captain, and he was more of the power and I was the love so they balanced each other out. I noticed that when people needed to talk or needed advice they would come talk to me more than him. Which tells me that people lean towards love over power, because they fear or are intimidated by power. However, both power and love need to work in harmony, “each balancing out and bringing in and building up the other” (103).
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