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Different with males’ power, in my view the power from woman is soft but not weak, like flowing water can change the shape of hard stone. Women are perceptual and their emotions without much thinking make them different from males and let them gain power from life.

After losing a friend in a car accident, Miranda Kerr starts to cherish life. "I lost a loved one in a car accident and it is something that has shaped the way I appreciate life and how quickly it can be taken away," she said. "Every time we get in the car we are risking our lives but life is for living and I try my best to not live in fear." "I prefer to think of the best and try not to dwell on the negatives." Her optimistic thought and the resolution is her power to face the tough in the life.

And Helen Keller is a good example tells us what the “soft but not weak” power is. Born in northern Alabama, Helen Keller suffered a ‘brain fever' at age 19 months that left her blind and deaf. But she didn’t give up her life. She graduated with honors in 1904 from Radcliffe University, and her impassioned writings and lectures made a strong impression on audiences around the world. In here, power dose not like a punch, but like the heat from sun warm others which “soft but not weak”.

For the fourth straight year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been ranked as the most powerful woman in the world. But this power is not easy to gain for a woman. Women felt that they were being forced to choose between career and children. Angela Merkel has been quoted as saying that she did not have children because “it just did not fit in with my career path”. She sacrifices lots of things for her career and this passion to the job is the origin of her

power.

Source:

Hildebrand, "Miranda Kerr cherishes life after losing friend", The Daily Telegraph, April 10, 2010

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ipromise/miranda-kerr-cherishes-life-after-losing-friend/story-fn55yw9h-1225852012587

Helen Keller:

Robert Shetterly, "Americans Who Tell the Truth :: Helen Keller",

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/stand-up-to-corporate-power/2043

Angela Merkel:

Fran Yeoman, “Angela Merkel’s answer to mother of all problems bears fruit”, The Times, March 30, 2009

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5998843.ece