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Power is vapour, it is perennial

How sweet and awesome is power? What does it mean to have power and how limited is it to those that have it? We all longing for us because it positions us appropriately to favour.

A lot of events would be on our palms hence whatever we desire, we can solicit since authority is within out jurisdiction. Power is the possession of controlling authority or influence. Power is only limited to a certain span of time.

You cannot be powerful forever, at one point we ought to lose it, whether we want or not. The universe distributes power according to whom grace has allocated and grace gives the person in power the confidence to lead whatever the chosen pack provides. Power is a privilege and we all deserve to earn it equally but unfortunately we cannot have it all at the same time. There has to be leaders and followers and power distinguishes the latter two.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

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