Power is energy. It’s math. It’s figures that go back and forth.

What really is power? He wasn’t sure. He paused and continued to think.

He thought about all the people that needed things and wanted certain outcomes that could never come true.

Yes, my path was a rocky one, but now I can look down on it from the hill with a smile—that is the ether to fill you.

Beware the stories you’re told.

Let yourself be the enemy of comfort. Let yourself be the enemy of complacency always.

Not all soldiers wield spears.