Powerless - The Tension Between What Is And Is Not Within Your Control

Powerless - The Tension Between What Is And Is Not Within Your Control

Written by a human, for humans, always.


My soul and heart cry out...

What can I do?

I see the problems...

I see the pains...

I want to help...

Yet...

I am powerless.

There are things outside of my control...

Factors I cannot control...

Struggles which I do not have the tools for...

Influence that I do not possess...

Pains that I cannot take away...

What am I to do?

When you care so deeply...

And want to be of use...

Yet...

Have no ability within certain contexts.

I can be crushing...

Defeating...

Disheartening...

To have a desire deeply calling out to you...

But be unable to be everything that is needed...

Especially in a single moment.

Why do we have these callings deep in our souls...

If we are unable to do anything about it?

What kind of cruel trick or fate is it to have...

That feeling of powerlessness?

It feels like a curse...

To care so passionately...

But not have the ability to do something about it.

Or...

At least not to the ability that we would wish for.

There is something, however...

That we tend to miss.

Compounding.

Perhaps it is true that, individually, we do not have the power to change what we wish.

Yet...

We do have some power within our control.

Perhaps with things that feel too small...

But it is that which feels too small that is where all change must start.

A small flicker is needed before the fire starts.

Perhaps one flicker is not enough...

So you must strike the flint and steel again...

And maybe again...

Until the tinder catches.

But even then...

It is still so small...

It must be tended to...

Taken care of...

Until the fire spreads.

There may be setbacks along the way...

They may feel crushing...

But if we do not build the momentum with what we have available...

Then the fire that our souls desire will never be seen in the world.

We may be powerless now...

Yet...

Perhaps there is more that can be gained over time...

More that we can become capable of accomplishing...

If...

We keep hope.


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