When all the world is going c-r-a-z-y…
The best thing you can do is stay CALM.
– Calm is where good energy enters and bad doesn’t.
– Calm is where rational thinking gets done.
– Calm is where positive action happens.
– Calm is where our inner faith is sustained.
– Calm is where we can inspire and lead ourselves and others to do good.
Calm is where we all yearn to be. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
There is too much violence in the world.
Physical violence.
Verbal violence.
Emotional violence.
When there aren’t body sores.
There are emotional and mental ones.
So much suffering.
The silent masses.
Their doors close.
But behind them.
And outside.
In the chaos of the streets and on the subways.
You can see it in the eyes.
And hear it in their voices.
Maybe they are black and blue.
The people are troubled.
The world is insane.
The children are especially innocent.
The weak at the hands of the strong.
Anarchy reigns where G-dliness is absent.
Why? Why? Why?
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
I just had to share this photo.
Took this in South Florida this week.
These two guys from Sweden sitting at the pool wearing these Christmas tree hats.
This was just too great to pass up.
As I took the photo, one guy gave me the thumbs up and this was just perfect.
I don’t know about you, but they cheered me up even when it seems that the world is otherwise going crazy–in so many ways.
– Politics
– Divisiveness
– Hate
– Fighting
– Injustices
– Suffering
But at the end of the day, it’s about the people–and G-d gives us the power to do good and make happy (or vice versa).
This one made me happy! 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Thought this was a really funny quote about getting your buttons pushed:
“Don’t push my buttons without reading the manual.”
– Gadgetmobile, Inspector Gadget
In terms of not pushing other people’s buttons:
“Remember, you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudice, and motivated by pride and vanity.”
– Dale Carnegie
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This was a funny sign.
“You don’t have to be crazy to work here.
We’ll train you.”
Isn’t that the truth too often.
Work can frequently be like “Crazy World!”
This is a place where there is a convergence of dysfunctional organizational culture, poor leadership, a lack of solid processes and sound planning, and plenty of wacky naysayers and obstructionists who together can bring the workplace to a virtual standstill or even a bitter downfall.
Yeah, we will train you to do what?
– Follow some dusty and archaic, nonsensical policies that haven’t been updated in 20 years.
– Force you into a mold of robotic groupthinkers who have abandoned any notion of exploration, discovery, innovation, and constructive change.
– Do the minimum to get their paychecks, while staying off the grid and out of trouble, rather than satisfy in serving the mission and delighting their customers.
This is perhaps why leaders frequently tout their credentials in transforming organizations, yet we still see endless legacies mired in status quo and a lack of any real results and progress.
Lots of people talk the talk, but very few walk the walk, and that’s because we’ve trained them so well to work here. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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