If Compassion, Common sense, Creativity and Clarity provide us
With Communication skills that often prove to be effective then
The 5C's, listed above, comprise the necessary tools for
Effective lawmakers to acquire, absorb and employ so as to
Forestall the eruption of power struggles that cause our
Ears to become so deeply mired in emotionally heated quicksand as to
Disconnect intelligence from our think tanks when
Brainstorming proves essential to resolving long standing conflicts
These same 5C's provide us with the tools that prove
Necessary when an autocratic dictator at home feels
Inspired to remodel an attitudinal change for the better by
Working towards morphing into a democratic leader, who
Uunlike Trump (and our congress), aims to employ rules
Comprised of compassionate common sense, suggestive of
Making sound use of intelligence to spell out and
Follow through with natural and logical consequences that
Will simply, clearly and consistently inspire everyone in
The family, regardless of age or rank, to fall into line with
Much less hassle, fuss or passive aggressive, rebellious
Attitudes than had proved true when leadership, wielding
Autocratic, punitive attitudes, had blindly steered a ship
Filled with passengers straight toward icebergs, dead ahead ...
On one hand, rules that discriminate against minors (children
Should be seen but not heard) are as immoral as
Laws that discriminate against minorities ... while
On the other hand, laws that confer superior pensions and
medical plans upon our legislators and their families, which
Remain unavailable to the populous, at large, must be revised if
Democratic values are to be upheld for one and all
241 years after our forefathers stood up against
Taxation without representation, I stand up on
My soapbox to declare that the corrupt practices of
Governing leadership (on the parts of both parties, each of
Which is made up of individuals who'd pledged to vote in
The best interest of their constituents) are
In dire need of a thorough investigative overhaul ...
And when it comes to family life, toppling over with
The heart aching heaviness of stress and strife that
Separates adults and children into divisive camps
Common sense suggests need to investigate attitudes that
Undermine peaceful co-existence ... because
Children can't be expected to raise themselves to
Grow up to be well-balanced adults when
Their primary role models are consumed with work
As to where effective communication skills come into play
Everyday, at home, at work and in D.C. ... well ... how many of us
Have been taught to talk so people keenly tune in?
How many of us have been taught to listen so astutely that
People feel free to open up about heartfelt hopes and fears?
How many of us have been taught to listen first
So that when it's our turn to talk, our minds can
Clearly take aim to compassionately address
The other guy's unmet needs so that he or she feels
Heard thus relaxing impassioned defensive tensions before
We calmly place our unmet needs on the discussion table, as well?
A skilled level of communications (at home, at work and worldwide)
Understands the importance of intertwining
Compassion, common sense, creativity and clarity so naturally
As to fortify critical thinking at crucial times when
Unresolved conflicts raise their stubborn, power struggling
Little heads, prolonging attitudes of divisiveness most especially
When something triggers long standing defensive reactions to
Re-emerge, stimulating everyone on both sides to erect
Barriers against discussing differing perspectives with
Common sense and objectivity intact ... and just as
Closed-minded defensive hopelessness is one choice of attitude ...
Clear-minded hopeful objectivity is another ...
When an emotionally complex, unresolved conflict raised its
Mindswirling head, during shiva after Jeremy's service
I experienced the re-emergence of yesteryear's unsafe sense of
Emotional upheaval, which required the conscious portion of
My think tank to call forth an attitude of
On-the-spot self soothing followed by fortifying my connection to
Patience, over these past couple of weeks while
My think tank worked to tame a defensive uprising of
Heated frustration from reacting like a match stick itching to
Strike back, igniting my think tank to go off half cocked, fighting
Fire with fire instead of calming sudden bursts of combustible
Inflammation by consciously connecting one train of insight-based
Intuitive thought to another until my hot-wired defensive portion of
My brain cooled off ... Whew! Tough job, but just as I can't control
Subconscious, reactive attitudes in anyone's mind but mine
No one could consciously create today's peacefully rebalanced sense of
Emotionally calmed change for the better inside my head, but me ...
If you ask how I resolved inner conflict before frustration had time to
Burn today's peace of mind to a crisp, well ... I chose to
Remind myself, more than once daily, that as long as
All injured parties (including me) are still on this side of the grass
The power struggling game that certain loved ones have
No conscious clue of subconsciously fueling has
Not yet been lost, and here's why that's true: Though
The scoreboard suggests that both sides continue to
Gain and lose yardage, as long as the ball's still in play
This game, which most people don't realize their defense systems
Play, is ongoing rather than over until both sides win or
Both sides lose, indicating that the power struggle game is unlike
The game of football, which is gearing up for a new season
Suggesting it's time for your ever-hopeful-eager-to-resolve-
Conflicts friend to push publish, plug iPad into charger and refocus
This Sunday quarterback's mind to pull on her lucky socks and
Cheer her team toward Super Bowl victory, one first down at a time ...
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