I think, therefore I am.....?
10:34 Sunday night and I have had a week to think, and think and shudder and fear. Is all of life some brittle moment in time, one at a time, and yet all future - however enthusiastic we may view it, come wrapped in uncertainty? Do we simply take steps hoping for the best? Not taking steps make us go with the wind someone or something sets. How much is our own course? Not much maybe as it gyrates about the headwinds and obstacles, some seen and many unanticipated. Funny, when we look backwards - our fears were mostly imagined and did not come to pass. This is not to say that bad things do not happen, they do. Yet over time the pain lessens, some. I believe it takes 25 years to dampen deep hurt and anger. Maybe more to relieve grief, maybe never. So what do we do? We take the step; then again and again. To stop is to die? In some ways yes. Fear of failure is the albatross around our neck. We step and over time we look backwards and gain confidence, pride and self esteem. I do not know any other way.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Germinating behaviors
Man!
Where did the hours and days go? Since taking a few days off during the holidays, it seems that January and February have been a blurr. Large and complicated processes demanded huge amounts of time, leaving one feeling disconnected from team mates and clients, and then feeling inadequate about doing the things that make it all go during this period. Don't get me wrong, we have not just been thinking about how to get the year started, yet it seems that we have to awaken other's desires to engage the client. It is not improbable that the clients are involved in the same "coming out of the gates challenge".
Come on sunlight, warmer temperatures, and less pessimistic attitudes! The economic seeds that now begin to sprout in our pipelines are the same ones we planted and nurtured even a year ago. Are you planting the seeds today for your benefit tomorrow? Visit your stakeholders and create new ones, not because the leaders say so, but for your own benefit. Otherwise you create your own demise. We are not talking about survival but about self-efficacy. The YOU that you are meant to be.
ACT, NOW!
Where did the hours and days go? Since taking a few days off during the holidays, it seems that January and February have been a blurr. Large and complicated processes demanded huge amounts of time, leaving one feeling disconnected from team mates and clients, and then feeling inadequate about doing the things that make it all go during this period. Don't get me wrong, we have not just been thinking about how to get the year started, yet it seems that we have to awaken other's desires to engage the client. It is not improbable that the clients are involved in the same "coming out of the gates challenge".
Come on sunlight, warmer temperatures, and less pessimistic attitudes! The economic seeds that now begin to sprout in our pipelines are the same ones we planted and nurtured even a year ago. Are you planting the seeds today for your benefit tomorrow? Visit your stakeholders and create new ones, not because the leaders say so, but for your own benefit. Otherwise you create your own demise. We are not talking about survival but about self-efficacy. The YOU that you are meant to be.
ACT, NOW!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
The poetry of Felicia Lobo
as you blink....
life spirals
children play
adults work
they can't get enough
they work and work
their bones to death
to make a living
to make a home
for the children they have raised
they dont relize they are missing life
their own
and their childrens
dont you blink now
their childhood will be gone
you'll miss it
they'll say "im doing this for you"
but all the children want is time
time with you,
mom and dad
nothing more than time
it takes them too long to relize
and then childhood is gone
their precious time is gone
the time they could've had
the time they didnt take
the children grow older
now who wants the time
they want to break away
while your just now getting close
these parents they want their time back
but sorry its too late
dont be over protective now
leave them room to grow
room to open their hearts
room to open their minds
no, now you're too close
you're the walls closing in
your over protective
see they crossed the line
between innocence and ignorence
let them find the difference
let them find their path
you need to back away
they will never grow this way
you may accept it now
but the guilt is still on you
but dont blame me sir and madam
i told you not to blink ...
Felicia Lobo
9-4-2006
life spirals
children play
adults work
they can't get enough
they work and work
their bones to death
to make a living
to make a home
for the children they have raised
they dont relize they are missing life
their own
and their childrens
dont you blink now
their childhood will be gone
you'll miss it
they'll say "im doing this for you"
but all the children want is time
time with you,
mom and dad
nothing more than time
it takes them too long to relize
and then childhood is gone
their precious time is gone
the time they could've had
the time they didnt take
the children grow older
now who wants the time
they want to break away
while your just now getting close
these parents they want their time back
but sorry its too late
dont be over protective now
leave them room to grow
room to open their hearts
room to open their minds
no, now you're too close
you're the walls closing in
your over protective
see they crossed the line
between innocence and ignorence
let them find the difference
let them find their path
you need to back away
they will never grow this way
you may accept it now
but the guilt is still on you
but dont blame me sir and madam
i told you not to blink ...
Felicia Lobo
9-4-2006
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