Doing Good – updated 2018
It’s pretty clear, we all have power. And we all have the sovereign right to use it as we wish.
Some will use it to manipulate and coerce. They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘help’ for others, but it is not.
Some will use it to destroy. They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘ridding the world of bad things’, but it is not.
Some will use it to dominate. They might rationalize that into something akin to ‘I only control things for good’ but it is not.
No matter how much power you have, the most fulfilling and ethically sustainable use of it is still the same. Do good for others. If that is your definition you will always be powerful.
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman
“Power is the ability to do good things for others.” – Brooke Astor, 1902-2007, American philanthropist. Astor lived to the age of 105, She was married 3 times, her last being to Vincent Astor, the son of the doomed Titanic passenger, John Jacob Astor IV. Her life’s motto was “Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.”
