The Power to Influence:

We are each created as creatures of influence - to influence and be influenced. It follows therefore that we are each created to lead and be led. There is possibly no better place to see this than when you see two people going on a walk. They both walk at a new pace, different from their individual paces, but in sync with the terms of the engagement. Each is influencing and being influenced.

Equally true is the fact that these dual influences are not equal. One is determined by the environment one finds themselves. The other is determined by the state of the persons inner organization and war. A disorganized inner organization and a defeated person have little to nothing to influence others with.

Your power to influence and thus lead others is determined by the power obtained from organizing yourself, finding your own peace, winning the war within, and thus leading yourself.

Are you winning?

The Saint.