I
have a friend who says, “I’m not voting!”
She
says, “In 2008 I voted for CHANGE.
CHANGE didn’t happen. I
quit. I am not voting.”
Once
again, it takes me a few days to figure things out.
In
my opinion, there are two kinds of change.
The
first, I’ll call Switch Change. The other, I’ll call Vision Change.
Switch Change looks a bit
like this:
The
best indication of Switch Change is a sore neck from whip-lash.
Up-Down
Right-Left
Front-Back
In
many ways our society loves Switch Change.
It
gives us quick results. (Think crash
diet.)
AND
It
is highly entertaining. (UpDownRightLeftFrontBack)
There
is just one problem with Switch Change.
It
doesn’t work.
The
fat comes back …. The whip-lash hurts.
Since Switch Change doesn't cut it, how about Vision Change.
Unlike,
Switch Change, Vision Change can be boring and so very, very slow.
For
people like me, who barely have an ounce of patience, Vision Change can drive me nuts.
And
yet,
if
I want change,
TRUE
CHANGE,
it’s
all about VISION.
Think
of an ocean liner …. thousands of tons …. moving over the immense ocean.
Let’s
say we are standing at the railing looking out.
Blue
and blue and blue and blue and …..
The
ocean liner adjusts its course by a few degrees.
We
feel nothing.
A
month later …. still nothing.
A
year later …. barely an inch.
Four
years later …. just a foot.
And yet, what started small, with time, becomes OH SO BIG.
Change
by vision is gradual, and steady, and slow….
And
oh so boring….
UNTIL…
we
look back
and
say,
WOW!
CHANGE HAPPENED!
Yours
truly, Bena
Peep and the Parade by Bena
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Four more years of
CHANGE … with vision!
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