Lay Waste No Power

How have you used your power and energy today? If you're like most people, you've put a lot of effort into your day's tasks, doing your best to accomplish all that you can as well as you can. But have you been aware of the ways that you're expending your energy? You've eaten a lot of food to provide your body with energy and you've slept in order to replenish your energy supplies, yet do you consciously use your energy in ways that are positive for you and other people? Over 150 years ago, Wordsworth wrote the line, "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers." This line-as well as an experience with a counselor quite a few years ago-has inspired me to examine the concept of how we use our power in positive and negative ways, with the end goal of helping people to be aware of the ways they use their powers.