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In response to my post on the Emergent Organizations paper, Anne Stadler sent me a James Broughton poem which captures the essence of her thinking at the moment on emergence, responsibility and action:
This is it.
The is really It.
The is really It.
This is ALL there is,
And it’s perfect as it is.
There is nowhere to go
But Here.
There is nothing here
But Now.
There is nothing now
But This.
And this is it.
This is really It.
This is All there is,
And it’s perfect as It is.
Broughton, by the way, had a wonderful aphorism that reminds me of Anne’s longtime collaborator, and one of my mentors, Harrison Owen:
Crazy old men are essential to society.
Otherwise young men have no suitable models.
Otherwise young men have no suitable models.
Tramadol maintence.
Tramadol withdraw. Tramadol.