I know this question isn't related to your writing here but I wanted to ask a question about something you wrote in your book. You said men have been asking this question... well probably since the beginning of human life on earth and have yet to find the answer. What do women want? Your answer to that was power. I answered this same question a couple weeks ago, but, you and I have totally opposite answers to it. I am curious to know why you have settled on this answer... personally, I believe power is not something most women want or BELIEVE they want. I think it's something a lot of them fear. Like it was genetically programmed into them. Why most men are head of households. Even if women truly do want power, so many would be afraid to even reach for it or have the courage to seize it. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate- our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
My little sister agrees with you though. She also pointed out to me that I did too. For a 17 year old, she has one hell of a memory. Her and I became really close when she was 8 or 9. She was born on my 10th birthday. Our mother was and well still is very bipolar and well... hateful. I wanted things to be different for my sister. I never wanted her to have to go through what I did. So, I promised her I would always be there for her. When I graduated and left for college, it wasn't long before I started getting calls from her and she would be crying telling me how bad things were at home. She told me that I left and abandoned her and I broke my promise when I said I would never leave her. It broke my heart. At that moment, I made a choice that would forever change my life. I asked myself if I had to choose to between bettering my life or hers, which would I choose. I only had to ask myself that question once. The next day, I withdrew from school and I went home. I watched everything I ever worked for vanish. I just knew that no matter what, if i had to choose between her life or mine, I would choose hers every time. Her life meant more to me than any ambition I had. That was the moment I knew what selfless and unconditional love was. Well, she asked me earlier what did I value or seek above all other things. It was a rhetorical question because I knew she already knew the answer to that. I said that I value knowledge and education. She said exactly. Then said "when I was 9 years old, what did you tell me about knowledge?" I smiled because I remembered exactly what I said and happy she remembered it as well. I said "I told you that knowledge was power and that without it, you would be lost and that is was a vital part for any hope of achieving success."
I know this question isn't related to your writing here but I wanted to ask a question about something you wrote in your book. You said men have been asking this question... well probably since the beginning of human life on earth and have yet to find the answer. What do women want? Your answer to that was power. I answered this same question a couple weeks ago, but, you and I have totally opposite answers to it. I am curious to know why you have settled on this answer... personally, I believe power is not something most women want or BELIEVE they want. I think it's something a lot of them fear. Like it was genetically programmed into them. Why most men are head of households. Even if women truly do want power, so many would be afraid to even reach for it or have the courage to seize it. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate- our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
My little sister agrees with you though. She also pointed out to me that I did too. For a 17 year old, she has one hell of a memory. Her and I became really close when she was 8 or 9. She was born on my 10th birthday. Our mother was and well still is very bipolar and well... hateful. I wanted things to be different for my sister. I never wanted her to have to go through what I did. So, I promised her I would always be there for her. When I graduated and left for college, it wasn't long before I started getting calls from her and she would be crying telling me how bad things were at home. She told me that I left and abandoned her and I broke my promise when I said I would never leave her. It broke my heart. At that moment, I made a choice that would forever change my life. I asked myself if I had to choose to between bettering my life or hers, which would I choose. I only had to ask myself that question once. The next day, I withdrew from school and I went home. I watched everything I ever worked for vanish. I just knew that no matter what, if i had to choose between her life or mine, I would choose hers every time. Her life meant more to me than any ambition I had. That was the moment I knew what selfless and unconditional love was. Well, she asked me earlier what did I value or seek above all other things. It was a rhetorical question because I knew she already knew the answer to that. I said that I value knowledge and education. She said exactly. Then said "when I was 9 years old, what did you tell me about knowledge?" I smiled because I remembered exactly what I said and happy she remembered it as well. I said "I told you that knowledge was power and that without it, you would be lost and that is was a vital part for any hope of achieving success."