Erin Kang is a powerful woman, even if she doesn't fully recognize it herself.
She's got presence - she inhabits a room in an unforced way. Her voice is strong, it draws you in to her words which invariably speak with a raw truth we seldom experience. Her laugh is infectious.
Yet she knows how to listen, too. She cares enough to ask.
Erin's got a mission, too; she wants to disrupt society's status quo, empower those people whose voices are often ignored or silenced and build bridges of humanity between all of us through the power of story telling.
With Stories of Ours, that is exactly what she's doing.
More than just a competent planner and a story-telling facilitator, Erin is a positive force of nature. She puts her mission - the breaking of our status quo by empowering others through storytelling - before all else, which is why she succeeds.
People like her make the world better for everyone.
And on the other end of the spectrum, there is Donald Trump.
Trump is a powerful man. No, really - just ask him and he'll tell you. Though he came from wealth and privilege, Trump feels that he's a self-made man, and therefore more worthwhile than pretty much anyone else.
The successes Trump has enjoyed stem largely from his being a bully - he cuts off, insults and works behind the scenes to destroy anyone who disagrees with him. In Trump's vocabulary, "honest" and "fair" are synonymous with agreeing with whatever he says.
Donald Trump has one priority, and its name is Donald Trump. He doesn't care about anyone except in what they have to offer him - and that includes the whole of the United States. Being President isn't about "making America great again", it's about feeding his ego.
His voice is loud, obnoxious and much of what it shares is self-indulgent, petulant or blatantly bigoted.
The only story he cares about is his own. Understanding context isn't something he's interested in. You're either for him, or in his way.
People like Trump tend to dominate society's narrative - they have the privileged and the wealth to hog the mic, as well as the inclination to shout down everyone else.
They're the sort of people that say "you're with us or against us" and are prepared to do whatever it takes to get their way - even if it means starting a war, or cutting off heads, or treating fellow humans like vermin.
Trump sees himself as the hero of his own story. Fair enough; most villains do.
People like Erin, however, are the people's heroes.
And lord knows we need 'em.
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