The little girl became one of history's remarkable women. Nobody can read Her mind, a talent she developed while growing up in East Germany as the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. She’s described her take on life as 'enjoying wherever it is I am and trying to be in the moment as much as possible'. She dedicated her life to improving the conditions of blind and the deaf-blind around the world, and is writing an inspirational self-esteem self-help book called "Treasure Yourself" aimed at the female teenage demographic.
To be allowed by the regime to build a successful career as a scientist, without actually joining the ruling Party of Socialist Unity (though she was active in its youth wing), required a prodigious capacity to veil her own opinions, to seem unthreatening and to concentrate in a pragmatic way on the task in hand. She lectured in more than 25 countries on the five major continents, saying, 'Basically, it's a whole lot of information that I've found, that has helped me.’
She has an excellent sense of humour and often smiles. Wherever she appeared, she brought new courage to millions of blind people, saying ‘If I can help one girl by doing this then I've completed my purpose,' but people no more know what lies behind her smile than what lies behind the Mona Lisa's.
Power is basically gained from mind. The abilities of you mind to know how to achieve purposes and adapt to changes, as well as the Great Spirit to help the world, could be seen as power.
Reference:
Andrew Gimson, Profile: Angela Merkel and the talent of seeming ordinary,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6563927/Profile-Angela-Merkel-and-the-talent-of-seeming-ordinary.html (accessed date: 1st June, 2010)
monster and critics, Miranda Kerr Biography,
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Miranda-Kerr/biography/ (accessed date: 1st June, 2010)
Helen Keller Foundation, about Helen Keller,
http://www.helenkellerfoundation.org/about_HK.asp (accessed date: 1st June, 2010)
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