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By Fledermaus
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16 March 2010 |
Isn't it funny how politicians, managers and the like often speak of improvement, change and going forward, while they have no clue where they are heading? A human being lives 130 years at most. The age of the universe is unfathomable. How petty then are they...
Change is good,
Modern, fast, flexible,
Progressive, innovation,
Efficient, streamlined,
Ambitious, organized...
Hah!
Away with all that!
Steady as a rock,
Ancient as te earth,
Quiet as morning's dew,
Ever lasting and eteral,
Wind erodes mountains,
Until all peaks are level.
And you...
Are but a grain of sand.
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Written by Josie (4035 comments posted) 16th March 2010 | | How very right you are - even less than that compared to the universe! Also, the nature of mankind NEVER changes no matter how fast or how long we live. |
Written by Fledermaus (4146 comments posted) 16th March 2010 | Thanks Josie,
I think it's odd how it seems people try to fix things that aren't broken. Why can't they just take things a bit more easy, sit back and enjoy? | Retrospectivism!
Written by JamesBrown (39 comments posted) 16th March 2010 | You're very right.
I heard a new word to me on the radio yesterday - it sounded something like Retrospectivism - which seemed to describe the sneering assumption that we modern people know much more than anyone ever knew before us. Tosh!
Do our new deep-space electromagnetic resonance scanners teach us more about love, for instance, than Shakespeare knew?
I don't think so! |
Written by Geoff (582 comments posted) 16th March 2010 | Couldn't agree more, I particulalry hate the use of many words when one would do and aim to bamboozle, "you need to re-prioritize your work-based objectives and review your decision making matrix" I was told the other day = do the important stuff and ignore the rest, why not just say that? We have of course made huge progress in our understanding of the world, but that should open our eyes and place our own lives in the context of the history of the planet, somehow seems to be having the opposite effect. Enjoyed this, thanks
Cheers
Geoff
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Written by wendycat (2180 comments posted) 17th March 2010 | I think it all relative really, good points and bad ponts just like everything. True electro magnetic resonance scanning can't tell you how to love, but it's pretty good for helping spot that cancer that'll do for you, before it does 
Thought provoking
Wendy | Yes you have a point
Written by donkeef (476 comments posted) 17th March 2010 | Sadly I am old enough to have seen the way managers and politicians continue tend to re-invent the wheel with different terminology.
Good poem
Best to you
Keith | To true!
Written by toggle (138 comments posted) 18th March 2010 | I spend a lot of time shouting at the T.V because language seems to change with fashions but the underlying sentiment remains the same - on the whole, it's all crap! What does 'normalise' mean? 'Envision?' Aaaaaargh!
An interesting poem. |
Written by Fledermaus (4146 comments posted) 19th March 2010 | | Thanks all. Strange isn't it, that such people always think that forward is the right way, even though they have no clue what's ahead, and meanwhile they're squeaking hollow phrases. I wonder if lemming herds are led by managers? |
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