Power

I used to think that power looked like this

So, I used to think that it was better to be a lot bad than a little good, because power is what influences people, and influencing people is what gets you what you want.  But, now I know that power looks like this

A little good is a lot better than a lot bad; because, of what benefit is great strength in strategies that fail? 1  A tiny bit of power to effect happiness in some small, seemingly imperceptible way is better than any amount of force which always fails.  One life grown is better than infinite minions marching toward death.

I used to think that power was acquired by influence over others. But power is accessed by connecting with God.  And so, the least of us which connect with Him are stronger than the largest of them which do not. 2

Here's a riddle: Of what use is unbridled power? Please comment.
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1 Psalms 37:16,17
2 1 Nephi 2:23
update 1.30.18 "a living dog is better than a dead lion" Ecclesiastes 9:4