Hi guys.
I?ve been wondering lately. Power. Is it really worth having? Is it worth having influence over people or the world around you? True, you might be able to do some good with it but consider what you may have to do to get it.
Take for example the tragic (to some) case of Darth Vader. For those who have never watched the Star Wars films, let me give you a quick briefing. Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, was a member of a knightly order of quasi-religious peacekeepers known as Jedi. He was considered one of the best of his time. However, he was plagued in his later career by nightmares of hi beloved wife Padme dying during childbirth. This possible future caused him to be come frustrated and angry at everyone he knew.
Eventually, a man by the name of Darth Sidious, a dark lord of an order known as the Sith, the enemies of the Jedi, tempted him to the ?dark side? with promises o the power to save his wife?s life. However, this power would come at a heavy cost. In order to become strong enough with the dark side, Anakin was asked to commit an act of unspeakable evil. He, along with an army provided by Sidious, marched into the temple of the Jedi and slaughtered every last one of them, right down to the last child.
This is my question for all of you. If you were offered a great deal of unimaginable power, power perhaps to save the lives of people you love, would you accept it if you knew you would have to do something terrible to attain it?
True, what you do with that power may have the best of intentions, but the people around you may come to despise you for what you?ve done to get it.
Just look at Anakin, he tried to get the power to save his wife, yet when she discovered what he had done to get that power she rejected him in horror.
Is such power worth it, when you may have to give up everything you believe in and hold dear to yourself to get it?
I?ve been wondering lately. Power. Is it really worth having? Is it worth having influence over people or the world around you? True, you might be able to do some good with it but consider what you may have to do to get it.
Take for example the tragic (to some) case of Darth Vader. For those who have never watched the Star Wars films, let me give you a quick briefing. Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, was a member of a knightly order of quasi-religious peacekeepers known as Jedi. He was considered one of the best of his time. However, he was plagued in his later career by nightmares of hi beloved wife Padme dying during childbirth. This possible future caused him to be come frustrated and angry at everyone he knew.
Eventually, a man by the name of Darth Sidious, a dark lord of an order known as the Sith, the enemies of the Jedi, tempted him to the ?dark side? with promises o the power to save his wife?s life. However, this power would come at a heavy cost. In order to become strong enough with the dark side, Anakin was asked to commit an act of unspeakable evil. He, along with an army provided by Sidious, marched into the temple of the Jedi and slaughtered every last one of them, right down to the last child.
This is my question for all of you. If you were offered a great deal of unimaginable power, power perhaps to save the lives of people you love, would you accept it if you knew you would have to do something terrible to attain it?
True, what you do with that power may have the best of intentions, but the people around you may come to despise you for what you?ve done to get it.
Just look at Anakin, he tried to get the power to save his wife, yet when she discovered what he had done to get that power she rejected him in horror.
Is such power worth it, when you may have to give up everything you believe in and hold dear to yourself to get it?
