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“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.” Peter Drucker
Are We Ready
To say future
implies something real
something sophisticated and desirable
which is hidden from us,
are we ready for this future
we cannot see,
where all predictions fail,
and where there is no center,
except yours,
mine,
fluid,
floating,
ever floating,
marking no time,
setting no tables,
keeping no account,
missing connection,
passing by.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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I had to read it twice. Very interesting and beautifully written ❤
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I’ve been reflecting on the commentary out in the world that is saying we can’t go back to how we were. And I’m pondering whether we will be more connected or less connected. Thank you so much for engaging with it and for sharing.
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Very good thoughts. By saying that we can no longer return to where we once were, one only confirms the rule of earthly existence. 😉
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That’s a good question. I felt that when i was reading that you were referring to life today and once it return to “regular” life. What to expect. Great poem❤
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Thank you, and well picked on the meaning.
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Always good words from you, like the quote as well.
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Thanks Cheryl, I’m indeed glad that you liked it. Yes, I liked the quote too.
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That’s the beauty 🙂
Good one Paul.
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Thank you Rupali, so glad to have a journey friend.
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Ready or not things are beginning to reopen.
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Yes, same here, the rush to produce and consume.
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To our peril, both spiritually and physically.
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Yes, it’s like they’re mesmerised
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Short answer: no. We’ll know by the numbers in a couple of weeks.
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Yes, cannot believe the death tally in the US, let alone the rest of us. But I wonder if there’s been any real impact on values.
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In the U.S., not sure. People here are for the most part behaving and caring about others.
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Yes, mostly like that here too. Relieved that the majority are in fact decent people!
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The last news report I saw gave the death toll in the US as over 91,000. It hit me that if I divide 91,000 by the number of inhabitants of the town I grew up in, I get 91 Enosburgs wiped off the map.
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Gasp, that’s horrible.
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It really brings home the enormity of the situation we’re in right now.
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It does, I wonder what impact the grief of this will have on poliocy makers?
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It depends on the policy maker. Very little, I fear.
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Yes, I fear you are right, sadly.
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Missing connection, is the saddest aspect!
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That’s the bit I hope we can change, yes, so sad, thank you for sharing that.
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A good question. Allow me to rephrase: Are we ready to change?
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No. I love that old saying, can’t remember who off hand, but, we don’t mind change, however we don’t like being changed.
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Oh yeah. I’m fine, the others are all wrong and have to change… 😉
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😉
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The US is pretty much a bifurcated country between those who have social responsibility and those who don’t. The news stories this weekend of those who behave responsibly and those who don’t give a [expletive deleted] are appalling, terrifying, and completed expected.
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Sounds awful. Not so pronounced here, but it seems that capitalism has entered a naked phase where it is clearly self-indulgence that is its maxim.
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The resurgence of the virus has already begun in the states that were the first to lift restrictions.
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A lovely reflection of our time
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Yes, been mulling it over and over.
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