Some nights I have nothing to say.  Other times, like this evening, I am so busting-at-the-seams with my thoughts and emotions.  And it is on nights like these… that I truly have to reel it in.  Otherwise… I am ALL over the place.

It typically happens when I get upset about something.  An occurrence.  Or perhaps a current event or issue.  So I have to take long deep breathes.  Here’s one little piece of it all…..

Our digital age is growing exponentially.  The social networks continue to expand further and wider.  So not a day passes, when I read something, or see something, that I disagree with.  To my very core.

It is then… when I try to remind my self of one of my biggest beliefs.  The thing that I think is incredibly important in life, for all people to practice.  Really…. two things.  Compassion and  compromise.

I think “Compromise” will eventually be the tell all for the human race.  Either we figure it out… or we’ll end up destroying each other.  Eventually.

(I hope you weren’t looking for a big laugh tonight….)

I try very hard not to use this space to promote my political or religious convictions.  I can do that elsewhere.

Yet… with all of that said… I just have question for each and ever person.

“What will you do with your power today?”

Some people reply that they have no power.  I can unequivocally tell them that they are wrong.  We all have power.

The primary definition of “power” is “the ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially  as a proficiency or quality.”  (How about them apples?)

And each one us has a barrage of varying capacities, leverage, influence…. and resources therein.

There may not be huge amounts of monetary gains in your life.  You may not hold a political office.  You may not hold a job of any kind at all.  Makes no difference.

Every minute of every day, we have the power to affect something.  How we assert that energy is totally up to us.  It is called free will.

Here is the other part of it.

When I was out running this morning, it just felt hard.  So hard.  It was like I just didn’t have it in me today.  And then it hit me.  “Well Polly.  If it were easy…. every one would be out running marathons.”  It seems that most things which are worthwhile…. can feel “hard” at times.

We have to really “care” about what we are doing…. and stick with it.  It is then that we press through those “places” that feel hard… and accomplish something worthwhile.  At least that is what I think.

You know, I love that Einstein guy… and he was always thinking big and coming up with neat-o formulas.  That “E=mc2” one really caught on!

So… as I was running… I came up with a cool-io formula of my own.  And since my name is Polly… it has to be all Ps.  (Plus… I pee a lot…. so it is all coming full circle.)  Okay… here is my snappy blueprint.  I like to call it “The Road to Compromise” Principle.

P=p2

Power = passion x persistence

We exact our power when we are passionate about something…. and we care enough to find  the tenacity to see it through… despite the times when it feels difficult… or even impossible.

I’m sitting here chuckling at myself right now.  As I read back over this… I said… “Dang it Polly.  You are ALL over the place.”  But you know what?  I’m going to let it be.  No edits tonight.  That is just how it all came out.

But back to the question… “How will you use your power today?”

Will you call a lonely friend, or relative?  Or let it go?  Will you be considerate to the person answering the phone at the electric company… when they’ve screwed up your bill three times now?  Or not. Will you pick up that piece of trash on the walk… even though you weren’t the one who acted so irresponsibly in littering?  Or will you leave it there because it isn’t your problem?  Will you forgive someone who has offended you… or hold the grudge?

These are little parts of our power.  So as you head out the door today…. I wish this for you….  (My extremely short and wrinkly green friend… said it better than anyone.)

“May the Force Be With You.”

Yep.  I told you I’d be all over the place.  I didn’t even mention my other friend… Superman….  who said…

“With power comes responsibility.”

Oh… the Power of the  Force.  What a thing…. what a thing.