Feeling powerless

Some people have it--most don't. Some flaunt it--others hide that they don't have it.

So how does one get power? What sets those possessors of IT apart from the crowded herd? I'm one of those without it--without any sense of real power, the kind that makes people quake when you come around, or jump to it if you approach  when we are unaware. We are always aware of you. Do we want to be like you? Not so much that, as the life style. In other words, we want to feel empowered.

I was once told to behave as if I expected to be treated in the best manner possible. Then I would be. But there must be some indefinable something written on my face, because they offer me up to the gods all the time as a sacrifice, as one miscontrued,  not saved, but used in the best circumstances in the worst ways. Maybe I over-exaggerate, but my experience shows that I don't get adequate respect.