In this increasingly political time of year, all eyes are on the Presidential Election and the assembly of power around this office. Markets are having a tough time around the world. China and Greece are loosing a financial foothold each and every day. Scandal after scandal fills the newspaper. Who will be President? Who? Who?
My mind is not usually circling around these ideas. At this time of year, I am actually spending more time finding the right grouping of monologues to send our best seniors out into the world of college auditions. Global calamity or the overused monologue??? Tough.
But, in the midst of my search I FOUND AN ANSWER – – not a musing – – but a bonafide, honest to God, ANSWER. For a teacher who claims, in a potentially arrogant way, that I only deal with questions I have found an answer – – and an answer not to just any old question – – but I found the answer to the question, “Who is the most powerful person in the world?”!!!
Wait, more precedes the answer.
I am also a person (rough segue). Historically, students always have trouble seeing their teachers as people – – surprised to see us at the grocery store – – surprised to see us at the mall – – surprised to see us at the doctor’s office. Well, surprise! I am a person and today I was struggling with a friendship that was proving to be difficult for me. Here I was: sitting at my desk, questionable chicken salad sandwich at my side, thumbing through a Tennessee William’s anthology, scouring for monologues and drifting off to find the words to patch things up with my friend and BAM the answer came!
Who is THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD? In literature, in life and certainly for me today – – the most powerful person in the world is the one who loves least.
The insane damaged women in the plays of Williams are all aware of who owns the power over them and how they can grab the power back. The solution is simple and quite grim. Find someone. Love them and let them love you and then, begin to love them less. You win. Game over. Literature, life, and a little Tennessee Williams and the answer is clear.
One comment on “THE Most Powerful Person in the World”
That makes the old statement true that “he who cares least, wins!” Great read!