When we trace the origins of the word “influence,” we find a heavenly connection. The ancient Romans believed that select individuals had special powers flowing into them from the gods. The assumption of strength and power and uniqueness remains to this day. To be regarded as a person of influence is to have power.
Unfortunately, the word “influence” can no longer be defined in simplistic terms because human interaction is getting more complicated. How, for example, can a political leader be influential on a world stage and yet not have a positive influence on children? A kind of schizophrenic or selective decision-making is foisted upon us whenever we encounter events with multiple gray shadings instead of clear, black-and-white ...
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