Wisdom

V.U.C.A.

09/08/2021

Tsunami’s rise and fall drives Volatility. All of what we don’t know drives our Uncertainty. Many tangled problems drive this Complexity. Solving all these problems? Drives Ambiguity.   CEO’s call VUCA business’s dark, deep hole. But moguls of business shine light into the soul. The ups and downs drive stress, the unknown drives our fears.…

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A Prayer for Wisdom

08/18/2021

O Lord, please make me wise. To live without disguise. To see You, give me eyes, Certain hopes in the skies!   Make me wise at sunrise To meet life’s lows and highs, To see through Satan’s lies, To value You, my prize!   Make me wise in life’s sighs, Alert to hear heart’s cries.…

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Elephant in the Room

07/21/2021

There’s a peculiar fact of life Called the elephant in the room. In the middle of complex strife The elephant’s presence will loom.   Will no other factors be seen? Are no other issues assumed? Blinded, no added wisdom gleaned? Just the elephant in the room?

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Humility

07/21/2021

I had an old friend once, His name? Humility. I saw him in my books. I’d see him on TV.   But my old friend has passed. Can’t find him on the news. Is he now an outcast? Can’t find him spouting views.   I miss my trusted friend. He helped me through this life.…

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR

11/09/2020

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR November 7, 2020   “Be careful what you ask for,” So said mother to her son. “But mom, I know what I need!” (Mom hoped he’d want wisdom).   But wisdom did not drive him, Desires and passions instead. He married “beauty” and folly, Now, his misery widespread.  …

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Lessons from King Solomon

01/06/2017

SOLOMON   A prayer for wise guidance, Book of Proverbs, you penned. What could be wrong with that? Solomon, what happened?   Fortune 500 guy And pleasures unbridled, Um, a thousand women??? What’s with foreign idols???   Outside? All “together.” Inside? Another matter. His heart’s center, he lost. His life then would shatter.   If…

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