GO POWER
If a note of urgency is not evident, nothing gets done.
Think about that as you plan your day and your life. Every act ought to be the result of a reason, and nothing occurs without affecting future actions.
I am, indeed, “my brother's keeper” in that any shortcoming or misconduct of mine reflects undeservedly on his character, as well. After all, he, as my “brother”, and he is, therefore, to care for me in the same sense that I am compelled to think of his well-being at all times.
If we, as individuals, fail to do the very best we can and earnestly strive at all times to achieve perfection, we are robbing those around us. If we do not weed our section of life's garden, the unseemly infestation spreads and weeds we allow to grow, find their way into the sections tended to by others. If we fail to set up sturdy barriers to ward off predators in our area, they enter and will find their way to the realms of others.
If you feel you lack the quality of “go” in your life try starting a habit of setting a definite time by which a deed must be done. Be realistic about it, and be ready to modify that set time if you find you have misjudged your ability to arrive at that point as planned. The important thing is that a goal remains and that you are honestly attempting to reach it. Redefinition is needful at times.
A word of warning. Don't let urgency take over in your life. Use it. Do not abuse it. The office worker who uses a large, rubber stamp and pad to mark all of his outgoing memos as being “Urgent” deludes himself.
We are not to bind our creative selves with urgency in every move, only those which require prompt attention and completion.
At this moment in communities just a few miles north of us, a serial killer is haunting every hour of every day for thousands of wary people.
They, and we, as their kindred to the south, need prompt and complete action now, without delay. There are more less pressing needs in our lives right now, so urgency must be applied to finding that killer and bringing him, or them to justice and instilling in the mind of others the idea that such actions cannot and will not be permitted in the future.
If you think, as some do, that “not enough is being done to capture the guilty person or persons” - think this though for moment: How urgent has law enforcement been in our minds in the immediate past? Have we, in any sense, planned for such protection such as that we now require so dramatically?
If the process seems slower than you would like, remember that we have a great deal of catching up to get done before we can move forward.
Mystery writers can do that of their detectives with just a few pecks at a keyboard, but in real life, we must pay for past mistakes and omissions.
Notice, too, please, that is “we , rather than “'they”.
Point the finger if you must, but know that you stand, always, in front of a mirror of Truth and that you are pointing at yourself as well.
A.L.M. October 18, 2002 [c563wds]
