No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.LuckyR wrote:Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.Socrateaze wrote:Power is all that matters, especially the power within yourself.
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There can be no gratitude with out the power to bring it into your life. We may inherit some things to be grateful for, but without power we cannot maintain it.Greta wrote:Is "power" not a powerful word? I misread too. "Gratitude" is more aspirational than powerful for me.LuckyR wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.
When I feel uncentred I have a little gimmick to feel better that I call "PPG" - posture, poise, groove.
So first I seek to straighten up and breathe purposefully.
But I don't want to be like an "Alexandroid" - where in the 90s you could tell when someone was an Alexander Technique newbie because they looked as though they had a big stick up their bum. So "poise" means to consider internal comfort and external appearance.
"Groove" comes because I play drums, so the word brings to mind notions of relaxed fluidity with playfulness.
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You sound very influential.Socrateaze wrote:No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.LuckyR wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.
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No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.[/quote]Socrateaze wrote: Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.
So you did not answer the OP's question. He or she asked you to name the strongest strength in your life, and you gave him what gives you the most influence.
He asked for the strength, you pointed at the influence.
If you say influence is your strongest strength, then why did you not say "influence"? It is NOT equivalent to power, yet they one might (partially) include the other.
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If I had been you, I would have defended your initial response of saying that what gives you the most power is power, with the following argument:
(What gives you the most (1) power is (2) power.)
(1) is a reference to the summation of all things that give you power.
(2) is a reference to the very thing of all things that give you power, and which very thing is the largest input of all input that gives your total power.
(3) power is one of the constituent things that together give us power.
(4) as an analogy, think of a slab of iron. It contains iron atoms, oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and may contain many other kinds of atoms. What is the single ingredient in a slab of iron that gives it the quality of iron? Well, the single ingredient of iron that makes it iron is iron itself.
Although LuckyR made as if this was inadmissible, your initial answer was perfectly correct and admissible.
I think LuckyR's origin of criticism was to the fact that you (general you) ought not to define a word using that same word. Here, however, we did not define things, only named them. Therefore there was no need to defend your stance against LuckyR's objection.
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I do not brandish my power, but since the OP asked I said what was important to me. Power has a legion of meanings and can be used in many ways. But for me to show or explain it is to give up my secrets. Time will tell... But in the mean time, why don't you level with me and just accept my choice?LuckyR wrote:You sound very influential.Socrateaze wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.
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So you did not answer the OP's question. He or she asked you to name the strongest strength in your life, and you gave him what gives you the most influence.-1- wrote:No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.Socrateaze wrote: Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.
He asked for the strength, you pointed at the influence.
If you say influence is your strongest strength, then why did you not say "influence"? It is NOT equivalent to power, yet they one might (partially) include the other.
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If I had been you, I would have defended your initial response of saying that what gives you the most power is power, with the following argument:
(What gives you the most (1) power is (2) power.)
(1) is a reference to the summation of all things that give you power.
(2) is a reference to the very thing of all things that give you power, and which very thing is the largest input of all input that gives your total power.
(3) power is one of the constituent things that together give us power.
(4) as an analogy, think of a slab of iron. It contains iron atoms, oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and may contain many other kinds of atoms. What is the single ingredient in a slab of iron that gives it the quality of iron? Well, the single ingredient of iron that makes it iron is iron itself.
Although LuckyR made as if this was inadmissible, your initial answer was perfectly correct and admissible.
I think LuckyR's origin of criticism was to the fact that you (general you) ought not to define a word using that same word. Here, however, we did not define things, only named them. Therefore there was no need to defend your stance against LuckyR's objection.[/quote]
No, I don't need people telling me what I mean or what I should have said. I know what I mean and it is not rocket science to understand it, besides atomic power is not what I mean, which is one of your examples. Without power, everything is meaningless and if you don't have it, others will have it over you.
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You misunderstand, I have no authority to dictate your answer, rather merely reminded you of the OP's question in case you wanted to give an answer that would communicate accurately. Of course in this and other threads you have alluded to a desire to keep key (to the conversation) information hidden, so accuracy may not be a priority for you.Socrateaze wrote:I do not brandish my power, but since the OP asked I said what was important to me. Power has a legion of meanings and can be used in many ways. But for me to show or explain it is to give up my secrets. Time will tell... But in the mean time, why don't you level with me and just accept my choice?LuckyR wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
You sound very influential.
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TIME MAN wrote:TIME does not limit, it allows. If you don't have time, how can you run out of it? Your TIME allowance limits.....
Time is a relative value, it can be considered infinite or a singularity depending on the opportunity. Time is what we use to create an order and to establish what living in the moment represents.
The reason I said time is the limitation to this question because our "individual time" depicts what we value the most during the present opportunity. Our individual growth requires time to grow.
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So you did not answer the OP's question. He or she asked you to name the strongest strength in your life, and you gave him what gives you the most influence.-1- wrote:No, I'll stick with that, since power has different meanings. In this case the OP probably means strength, I mean influence.Socrateaze wrote: Uummm... since the OP is asking: "In one word, what is the one value that holds the most power in your life?", you might want to make a different choice.
He asked for the strength, you pointed at the influence.
If you say influence is your strongest strength, then why did you not say "influence"? It is NOT equivalent to power, yet they one might (partially) include the other.
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If I had been you, I would have defended your initial response of saying that what gives you the most power is power, with the following argument:
(What gives you the most (1) power is (2) power.)
(1) is a reference to the summation of all things that give you power.
(2) is a reference to the very thing of all things that give you power, and which very thing is the largest input of all input that gives your total power.
(3) power is one of the constituent things that together give us power.
(4) as an analogy, think of a slab of iron. It contains iron atoms, oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and may contain many other kinds of atoms. What is the single ingredient in a slab of iron that gives it the quality of iron? Well, the single ingredient of iron that makes it iron is iron itself.
Although LuckyR made as if this was inadmissible, your initial answer was perfectly correct and admissible.
I think LuckyR's origin of criticism was to the fact that you (general you) ought not to define a word using that same word. Here, however, we did not define things, only named them. Therefore there was no need to defend your stance against LuckyR's objection.[/quote]
Power can still be the one value. Yes, this question is to identify and strengthen your core values/beliefs. The power of this question is to influence you're awareness of what you have and what you seek.
The value of Power is a cause and effect. Speaking metaphysically, power is an intangible value. Within our reality, we perceive power to have taken form as a tangible object (ex. money).
Power is knowledge. With knowledge comes pain, from pain comes knowledge.
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Well said.Fan of Science wrote:I am unable to determine which value is the number one value in my life. I wouldn't even know how to determine such a thing. It varies depending on the situation I am in.
I would have to agree with OP, will, to keep pushing you forward.
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"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
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Money carries more power in it's absence than in overabundance.Ranvier wrote:Money...I'll say it for the benefit of all the hypocrites
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