StrangerThan
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The power... is a mental thing. I'm 49 years old. I've been through the running of hills and mountains, the martial arts schools, the military trainings, the weight lifting, roamed a few oceans, and spent a lot of solitary time on islands that had no people, or huddled on the side of a mountain in freezing weather with nothing but a fire to keep me company. Sometimes the things learned come in handy. Most often though, what comes in handy is being able to look at a situation and decide what's right for me, where I want to involve myself, where I need to step away, how to get from point A to point B even if there's a maze between the two.Some where in there comes the balance of getting up in the morning and knowing that whatever issue the day brings, I can probably either fix it or figure a way around it. I think there's always an innate side to it, but refined it becomes a skillset. And I think what refines it to some degree is the realization of responsibility. When a submissive accepts the cuffs or rope or whatever binding you choose to use on her/him, what they're really placing in your hands is the responsibility for their health, to a degree their mental and physical well being, for what they need to feel and want to feel - even if that need and want is nothing more than what you choose for them. You lead, they follow. You choose the path, and for a while, take a body ride. Only you're not physically in the body, you are crafting what it feels, when it feels it, where the mind goes. As I told my submissive not long ago. It's not her responsibility to feel what I want her to feel. It is mine to create that feeling in her, the atmosphere, the intensity, the highs and lows that slide like music played upon nerve endings rather than strings, the knowlegde that no matter what I do to her, I will be there when it's over. I've taught at conferences in front of hundreds of people, taught six year olds binary math, tutored high school and college kids on writing. There's a sense of leading while others follow in those actions that carries a sense of fulfillment. I think that's the innate part, the driving factor I guess to control something. The refined part is the journey you take your audience, your submissive on... because you know the path, the pitfalls, the stumbling blocks. In fact, you create them and the sensations they bring. And if anything, age brings a patience I didn't have years ago. Of course, when I was younger, I knew everything and didn't need patience. This is a complex question. I'm not doing it justice and I want to take my woman to bed. :) Maybe tomorrow.
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