If you ask:
Annie how did the Four C's line up for you, like
Ducklings safely crossing a busy intersection, all in a row?
I'll reply:
Decades back, while feeling compelled to read
A wealth of knowledge in hopes of raising three little boys
To grow up to become a trio of emotionally well balanced adults
I truly absorbed the fact that little monkeys copy everything
They see and hear big monkeys do and say, so I decided to
Work toward adopting the same character traits that
I'd hoped to inspire my three little monkey faces to emulate, and
Lo and behold, (though hindsight highlights the fact that
I had my work cut out for me, because
My defense system kept less admirable traits secreted from
My conscious awareness for many years) I've come to
Identify, understand, work through and resolve a host of
Deeply troubling inner conflicts, offering the conscientious adult
I've developed into, today, to take comfort in
The decision-making process that refocused my mind to concentrate on
Acknowledging my defensive attitudes, word choices, behaviors
Actions and decisions, many of which had undermined
The achievement of certain highly personal, heartfelt, long range goals
And having S pent more than forty years, working to absorb
The Four C's ever more deeply into the frontal lobe of my brain
I've grown ever more aware of the infrequency with which
Compassion, common sense, creativity and clarity intertwine when
Leadership employs an autocratic defensive attitude to maintain
A peaceful co-existence (both at home as well as throughout our
Complex world), and though the tomes I've read (in hopes of creating
Change for the better within my thought processor) have
Actually multiplied immeasurably in number, over these past forty years
Insight, spotlighting today's deeply stressed mode of life throughout
The world of today, highlights this deeper truth, which proves to be
Classic, universal and timeless in nature: Attitude and timing are
Everything when critical thinking depends upon objectivity
And sadly, a paucity of objectivity (which is an attitude) continues to exist
Worldwide, and lack of objectivity proves self evident at crucial times when
Humanity has need to brainstorm, together, in hopes of
Achieving peaceable solutions that serve to address and resolve
Complex, long standing conflicts that have overwhelmed the processors of
One and all ... Seriously these conflicts would resolve, naturally, if
Closed minded attitudes felt inspired to expand toward embracing
Ideas focused upon creating change for the better ... and
That's where patience with the time line comes in, because
Monumental changes, which prove peaceful in nature, can take
Several lifetimes before reformation has been so deeply absorbed by
Society as to drive the oppressed to feel more defensive than
A peaceful mindset can withstand ... so along comes
A leader, like Trump, whose attitudes rock everyone's boat
All at once, causing every out-of-balanced faction of
Our unstabilized nation to capsize, at once
(Throughout Jewish history, sages have noted that
For the most part, secular and religious devsiveness
Comes together to brainstorm only when
A common enemy is attacking all of us ...)
And I offer Trump's infuriatingly bungling administration as
An example of the inept leadership that will blindly draw
The divisive factions of our nation together in order to
Bring him down, suggesting that feeling inspired to
Freely adopt open minded attitudes of
Altruistic objectivity, based in the Four C's is
Not the only way to skin a fat cat ... and I believe that
History will show that in reaction to Trump's stumbling
Around the Whitehouse, narrow mindsets throughout our nation
Will begin to expand to reconsider details that
Defensive thought processing had inadvertently repressed from
Conscious memory, and once all of the puzzle pieces that
Have been inflaming on-going 'misunderstandings' to
Escalate to explosive proportions have been democratically
Re-examined and re-assembled that's when
Unmet needs will be exposed so clearly as to construct
The bigger picture, which addresses the narrow mindsets
That have caused both houses of our legislature to
Remain mired in quicksand, overlong, and as Trump's
Egocentric attitude acts as a catalyst for
Attitudes based in objectivity to advance forward
I believe subconscious stabs of guilt will bring
Together lawmakers, who'd been divided into
Separate camps to begin to feel need to
Contemplate the bigger picture, thus inspiring
Closed mindsets to open at least enough to absorb
A deeper understanding of the path by which
Common courtesies are necessary to maintain
The emotional clarity that ultimately relaxes
Mental tension, all around, so that rather than judging how you
Think the other side feels, you ask how they feel, because
Very few of us show the depths of what we feel at our core
And thus can the astute nature of seeking solutions with
Compassion, common sense, creativity and clarity intact
Encourage change for the better of such magnitude that dollops of
Comic relief plop spoonfuls of sugar atop closing comments that
Inspire good humored souls to shake each other's hand soundly
And please don't roll your eyes and call me idealistic, because
I can offer you real examples of clarity soaking
The soul of a nation with an out-pouring of humility that
Magically sweeps darkened visions of 'others' out from
Under rugs, and once openly confronted and
Calmly discussed, the prejudicial hot seat evaporates into
Thin air so quickly as to stimulate your imagination and
Mine to wonder if good fairies actually exist!
And now that my think tank feels ready to jump off of
The tip of that clear and yet imaginative wand, which
Sweeps defensively reactions out of my mind
I feel like doing something that my body has been
Unable to accomplish for many a year ... so
With a spirit rousing Hip hip hooray
Let's imagine me pulling off a cartwheel or two, right here!🤸🤸❗
PS. For years, I've wondered why counselors steer clear of educating
Their clients about the subtle ways that defensive thinking tackles
Clarity, likening 'games people don't know they play' to
A line up of defensive thoughts acting like linemen who are
Meant to tackle quarterbacks to the ground before the ball can be
Tossed, caught and carried into the end zone, where the entire team
Celebrates the teamwork necessary to score a touchdown ...
I mean, might closed mindsets open with less prying if people imagined
A game of football displacing proactive brainstorming inside their heads?
Hmmm ... Worth thinking about, right?
Or maybe, once 'feeling circles' end in preschool
Teachers of primary grades can be coached to teach
Kids the fundamentals of objective thinking, knowing that
Adult minds tend to be tghtly packed with closed minded attitudes
While kids have open minds, which do not yet resemble cans of
Tightly packed sardines ... Hmmm ... If
Educated attitudes, timing and communication skills are
Everything then teaching objective thinking to
Tomorrow's leaders is not far fetched, in fact
Teaching kids to understand the complexity of
Emotional reactions makes good use of common sense!
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