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Sometimes we fail and it's our fault. We must acknowledge that we have been beset and seized by our own bindings. such shackles and mire may have, to this point held us fast to our own mediocrity. This truth directs us to love our failure and forgive ourselves. We travel from such limitations through the pain and angst of struggling free and into our personal liberty.
Today, we may have become more aware of such limitations and thus of the fresh and vital opportunity that awaits you. Carpe diem is often misquoted as "seize the day." a better rendering of it is to "gather the day." Gathering the day is both a reference to making order of the day(to gather it together) and harvesting the day. The implication is that all that we need is robustly present and waiting. It is therefore our destiny, our very calling to claim each day unto us. Such effort is most often the assembly of simple, singular, seemingly routine tasks. Such simple effort does, eventually, result in the very real manifestation of our dreams.
Just for today, may we renew ourselves and simply do the next right thing. Carpe diem!
Amusing Awareness
Why do you remain
There
A brush by my world
Radiating
Passion against my senses
Leaving
Me longing for more?
Your voice sang today
Mournful
Lyrics of loss and hope
Ascending
Tones of fluttering union
Scattered
Eternally within my mind
Haunting.
The last cicada sings
Into the crisp fall air
A final call of
Fall’s end, winter’s era
Leaves cling
To branches high
Not one wants
To release and die
A father dreams
Of his son’s flight
But silence returns
From this season’s night
[Chorus]
Seasons change
Seasons go
Season remain
Ever so slow
Summer leaves
To find its fall
The stillness breaks
Upon us all
The last cicada sings
The final tear falls
We are cold
We are so small
A baby cries
Her first breath of life
Mother’s arms are gone
An women will live in strife
[Chorus]
Sometimes we must burrow
Deep into the earth
Waiting there, searching
For the matter of our birth
Remembering when we can
That as this begins
We can return as
The last cicada sings
[Chorus]
The last cicada sings
Into the crisp fall air
A final call of
Fall’s end, winter’s era
Leaves cling
To branches high
Not one wants
To release and die
NOTE: in the depths of a hike in SC, i heard a lone cicada. while only weeks before i had heard the deafening noise of their community screaming, only one remained. the words above come from that last cicada's song.
Eagles weep the dust of fury
Glory
droops in a breeze filled sky
Trumpets howl forth silence
Blind eyes
gaze on dust and pry
Paradox rains upon sweltering souls
Discordant
melodies find no harmonic tone
Sleeping giants fail to wake
Dreams of horror in daylight come
Restrained talons seek to rip
Flesh and
bone. Retribution wails
Bridled shouts from viper lips
Broken tongues speechless, still
Such foreign chaos, grief born questions
Here rests doubt,
fear rooting
Anger to pain beget rage
Tearing fabric, destroying the
shoot
A blast through heart’s cage
Cries,
screams and eternal rage
Why! Demands our soul
Why?
Defiant voices entreat
Into this realm of despair
Touching
sinew of exposed hope
Lifting corpse-like remains
Our Hope
stands, lifted hands
In a speechless voice the whisper comes
Gentle
words rock our perilous stance
Words carefully spoken, deeply heard
Faith,
Hope, Love the memory calls
Again, glorious birds will find their songs
Heavy
banners will lift in a gentle breeze
Clarion call of brass sounds, proclaims
Life has
come and still remains
September 12, 2001
Thinking about going 'social' on someone or about something? We've all been there - bad customer service, misrepresented products, lousy experience...the list goes on. However, I subscribe to the 'think it through' approach. Going Social on a brand or product has the potential to smudge a business's reputation, or even go viral and result in major loss of brand value. Social media IS marketing, so I need to remember that this isn't just about me venting and whining. Before I let a momentary frustration ignite my Social fuse, I like to go through a checklist:
1. Have I made the business aware of my problem?
2. Did I contact customer service or management and try to get resolution?
3. Did I use a softer "I'm less than happy" approach on Social media first?
4. Did I give the experience some time (24 hrs) after the last attempt at resolution?
If my answer is 'yes' to all 4, I might just be forced to unleash y Social wrath on them...maybe, if it's worth my effort.
On a lighter note, here's a infographic that might help you with your Social Media posting via BreakingCopy.
So, I share An Open Letter to LinkedIn below via my Social network and then I get this.
That's just wrong in so many ways.
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That's just wrong in so many ways.
Dear LinkedIn:
I do adore you, honestly. You are an almost perfect tool to assist my networking efforts. However, please refrain from offering me ads that are...well...a disconnect. My name may be Kim, but my gender is no secret. You know that. I am not, nor have I ever been, a woman. Honest.
Thanks.
I do adore you, honestly. You are an almost perfect tool to assist my networking efforts. However, please refrain from offering me ads that are...well...a disconnect. My name may be Kim, but my gender is no secret. You know that. I am not, nor have I ever been, a woman. Honest.
Thanks.
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| Mind On Drift... |
Time in the yard.
Cooling down from Summer, and I can feel it in the air.
Eager leaves are already dancing to the ground, life's boldness is waning.
The stillness of the coming season settles into my mind.
iPod on shuffle.
Mind on drift.