“Where love rules, there is no will to power” : another idea to ponder.

 “Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”

C.J Jung

Jung no doubt generalised this to all relationships between human beings and human groups and as a maxim it seems to ring true. Is it congruent with parent/child relationships or carer/child relationships ? Is love enough ?

This opinion piece was posted on the home page of  goodenoughcaring.com on May 23, 2016.