Sail by the light of history
George Simons
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George Simons
Creator and Editor of diversophy?. Consulting, training in IC communication & negotiation
In our earth's story,
is the past but the present,
with the lights turned on?
Our galley is filled
with oarsmen who heave and pull
to the same old beat.
Will men be slaughtered,
will women always suffer,
the poor never eat?
Grasp the story line
as pilots, not driven slaves.
Yesterday lives now.
Our ship's log tells us
where we've been, where we're headed,
what we have weathered.
Don't sail uncharted,
experience extinguished,
turbulence or calm.
To bring Bounty home,
mutiny needs history
to compass the course.
Author of Influencing for Results in Organisations, and of Seven Ways to Lighten Your Life Before You Kick the Bucket
9 年Whoa! That image of the freighter really stopped me in my tracks--looks like the deck of one of the lake freighters I sailed on fifty years ago. If storm clouds like that were coming toward us on Lake Superior, the deckhands would be out covering all those hatches with extra canvas.