Author: Carl Setzer

A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.

I Wanna Go Back by Eddie Money and Looking At Change

Carl Setzer

Perhaps it’s the planning for my son to start high-school, perhaps it’s just hitting the 50s, actually add this to all the other changes going on in my life right now and this song has been speaking to me.

It’s been one of my favorite 80s tunes since it hit the airwaves way-the-heck-back-in-the-day.  Yet it’s meaning has evolved. I guess that should be a “no duh”, but, there you go.

Awakened Early 

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These moments

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The escape of dreams 

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My dreams seeking to escape

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Happy Birthday Dr. Suess

Carl Setzer

I deeply wish that I should say
As it’s so important on this day

So I’d say it loudly from a truck
I’d even say it with a duck

I’d say it, truly, on the street
I’d say it quietly, even sweet

Boldly say it from the roof
Or at a cafe, like a goof

He’s important, so I”ll let it loose
Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess

Seeking Wisdom 

Carl Setzer

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When I hear Iz Sing

Carl Setzer

Every time

I hear Iz sing

“Over The Rainbow”

I’m filled

With delight

And quiet

Sadness

Kindness spoken 

Carl Setzer

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Pink Floyd against the Cresent moon 

Carl Setzer

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Thoughts on Effectiveness and Hope 

Carl Setzer

I’ve long been a devote of Steven Covey. To this day, I try to keep his principles in mind. 

One of the central elements is the importance: urgency grid. 

The upper right grid is the key place: but urgent and important. Urgent and important grab priority, followed by urgent and not important. Not important and not urgent tend to grab our time, too. The realm of time wasting. 

Many people cycle between the urgents and time wasting. The not urgent important gets neglected. 

That’s the realm of Hope. This painful cycle minimizes hope; it doesn’t get fed. 

No wonder we swirl about in anger so much. Why we focus on win-lose, why we’re so afraid. 

We never feed hope.