Category: Short Form

The burden of responsibility
is only heavy
while we delay
our response.

They say
the key to happiness
is lowering
expectations.

Choosing to let go
of what we wish
to see.

Perhaps
sometimes.

But at others times
we can also experience happiness
by discovering
or creating value
through respecting.

By learning the choice
to see what is already there
in a new way.

from what we took for granted,
what we once assumed
too mundane
or worthless

There are things
we consider
unimportant
that becomes important
when the context changes.

For example
when I have a deadline,
I don’t care what I eat.
I may simply eat some ramen noodles
and instead spend the time travelling back-and-forth to a restaurant
on doing the work.

But if I have already made the effort to get to a restaurant,
the quality of the food
becomes important.

So it’s inaccurate to judge someone as
not caring about the quality of food,
because they do care
when the context is a certain way.

What we claim to do
“for” others
is often not
for them,
but for our
selves.

Actually,
it is not accurate to say
that it is for ourselves,
either.

It is more accurate to say
that it is for an image
of who we believe
we must be
to not be judged
as someone whom
we do not wish
to be judged as.

Having empathy
is fine
if what you have
is what you need.

Realizing empathy
is necessary
when what you have
is not what you need.

There is a moment
when someone who judged leaders
for being unworthy
faces a challenge where they themselves feel
like they have no other choice,
but to become just like them.

At this juncture, we can judge
that we have no choice,
or we can perspective we need
that will allow us to see the situation
in a different way,
where we discover or create choices
we did not know
we had

Peter Drucker
never said
culture
eats strategy
for breakfast.

A great strategy
without a great culture
to

But a great culture
without a great strategy
isn’t great,
either.