Charles Rivers’s Reviews > Black Pearls: Daily Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-Americans > Status Update

"Sometimes we—men and women—fall into the trap of thinking that power is beyond our reach. But we are not at the absolute mercy of others. We can do our jobs so well that power cannot be denied us. We can make ourselves so indispensable and visible that we, in a sense, create our own power.