Self-affirmation is a form of power
According to May, the next simplest expression of power is self-affirmation, the positive expression that reveals the joy in being alive. For example, a child pulls a weed from the ground. “Mother! Look what I DID!” Another runs to her parent at the beach and pulls her to where she built a sand castle. “Mama, look at this!” While shopping in a store, a four-year-old tells her father, “Daddy, I want vanilla ice-cream!”