In the night’s darkness
Sometimes I find strange comfort
Peace through self knowledge.
Category: Personal Reflections
Lessons learned about life; pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned through pain, failure and honest reflection
Via Negativa
I try responding
To negativity
By facing this rage,
Sadness, misery, and
Acting against it with
Compassion and love.
For water is what cools
Fire.
Ferguson
Violence doesn’t heal.
Tis a short term thing,
Self-inflicted grief
Building upon agony.
Simmering wreckage,
Quite close to home.
New destruction layered
Upon the old.
Gargantuan pachyderm
Calmly sits,
Ignored.
November’s Grace
Glancing upwards now,
A graying sky calming me.
Rain speckles my lens.
Migraine’s Doom
The pain
Is all
That I
Am
Lust vs Love
A simple thought: physical attraction may be felt towards those disliked, or even despised. Love is richer, deeper. Love seeks the happiness of its focus. Self sacrifice for the beloved: easy, actually pleasing, especially when successful. Generosity’s birthplace is there.
No more glorious sound exists than the laughter of those we love.
Thoughts on the Start of the Week
- Briefly looking back, I’m pleased that I got my inbox back under control. At the start of the day, I was well over 300 emails.
- I highly recommend you start reading Project 562. Matika’s a fantastic photographer, and this project explores the Native American experience. As a member of the Tulalip Tribes, her insights into last week’s school shooting in Marysville are worth the read.
- As for my own writing, I’ve been pleased with the engagement I’ve received at my poetry blog: Asking, Exploring, Seeking. It’s where I’ve been focusing more of that energy, though the busy-ness of this early autumn has impacted that work as well. I’m trying to get back to posting daily.
- I’ve been taking CIS 241, Web Development 1 at Edmonds Community College. Yeah, I know a fair amount about html, and a bit about CSS. I’m mostly self-taught, though, and have long wanted a deeper understanding. Getting up-to-speed with the changes wrought by html 5 have been really cool.
There’s the brief run-down of this week’s highlights in review.
Thoughts on the Start of the Week
- Briefly looking back, I’m pleased that I got my inbox back under control. At the start of the day, I was well over 300 emails.
- I highly recommend you start reading Project 562. Matika’s a fantastic photographer, and this project explores the Native American experience. As a member of the Tulalip Tribes, her insights into last week’s school shooting in Marysville are worth the read.
- As for my own writing, I’ve been pleased with the engagement I’ve received at my poetry blog: Asking, Exploring, Seeking. It’s where I’ve been focusing more of that energy, though the busy-ness of this early autumn has impacted that work as well. I’m trying to get back to posting daily.
- I’ve been taking CIS 241, Web Development 1 at Edmonds Community College. Yeah, I know a fair amount about html, and a bit about CSS. I’m mostly self-taught, though, and have long wanted a deeper understanding. Getting up-to-speed with the changes wrought by html 5 have been really cool.
There’s the brief run-down of this week’s highlights in review.
Weariness
Inspiration dry.
Exhaustion creeping throughout.
Gray skies crushing me.
Leadership and the next step forward from Karmagate
I’m a little behind in my reading, so just got to this GeekWire piece: Internal Memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets new diversity plan after ‘humbling’ experience. I am very pleased to see Mr. Nadella grow as a leader after Karmagate. It’s very easy, in this society, for a leader to hide behind PR until any particular kerfuffle blows over. And I was worried that’s what would happen this time, too. I’m pleased to be wrong. His plans going forward match very well to my advice, which, I must say, also pleases me greatly.
It takes wisdom and humility to learn from criticism, and move FORWARD. This memo demonstrates something very unique, something very visionary. To risk, learn from failures and change, then adapt is critical to a vibrant culture. Microsoft might just be at the edge of something amazing. I’m eagerly watching.