I agree but working from within and having your hand on the steering is a much more effective strategy than yelling from the shore. This reminds me of the queer rights movement I was deeply involved in the 1990/2000s and the purity tests of who was doing the "right" strategy. The radical queers, transpeople, drag queens/kings, fetish and sex were deemed to not fit the image. We were marginalized and excluded, and how the tables have turned. There are many paths to climb a mountain. Trust that others are working on plans you may not understand or see yet.
And... some of those mountain paths can consume all our energy without taking us closer to the peak. How do we cultivate the discernment to distinguish one from the other - before exhaustion sets in?
That is for our individual internal north star to decide. Some of us having been training mountain climbing for decades and have the right gear and food, the right mindset, and the community cheering each other on, along with the resilient resolve to take on what others may seem impossible. I packed snacks and extra mittens in case for others :)
Love it. Not least: "Your job is to create the conditions for life. As you are its unique expression." I'm reminded of something by a Dutch woman, years ago (must look up her name): "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." It has apparently been adopted and repurposed by many, evidence of its power. And after the outrage comes... Monday morning. What can I do differently today?
Drinking coffee that came as a gift from a Christmas visitor. I notice it's neither bio nor FairTrade (which I normally always buy), also that it's distributed by Nestlé (ouch). Throwing it away would make no sense, right? So I drink it, and enjoy it - enjoyment is also important, yes?
The 7-year-old cat we've recently 'adopted' sleeps next to me. Oh dear - pets are such a strain on the environment. Yet... every human should be able to connect with other beings. And I can't imagine having her killed to save... something.
Everyday life, including 'corporate' life, is full of these trade-offs. Not 'compromises' but tiny decisions with potentially large impact. How to navigate them? Maybe the key is increasing consciousness so that we at least become aware of the decisions we're making? - it's not just about coffee and cats but more generally about, for instance, sourcing and respect for all beings.
my second poem to add to this would be about aligning with SDG goals - dear alllll the organisations that continue to align with these goals and proudly state it on your website ...
I agree but working from within and having your hand on the steering is a much more effective strategy than yelling from the shore. This reminds me of the queer rights movement I was deeply involved in the 1990/2000s and the purity tests of who was doing the "right" strategy. The radical queers, transpeople, drag queens/kings, fetish and sex were deemed to not fit the image. We were marginalized and excluded, and how the tables have turned. There are many paths to climb a mountain. Trust that others are working on plans you may not understand or see yet.
With love and kindness, Przemek
Thank you for sharing Przemek 🙏 Wholeheartedly agree. I pray we can all work from within with joy and aliveness 💗
So true.
And... some of those mountain paths can consume all our energy without taking us closer to the peak. How do we cultivate the discernment to distinguish one from the other - before exhaustion sets in?
That is for our individual internal north star to decide. Some of us having been training mountain climbing for decades and have the right gear and food, the right mindset, and the community cheering each other on, along with the resilient resolve to take on what others may seem impossible. I packed snacks and extra mittens in case for others :)
I do not want another report
That embalms intention
In neat columns of compliance
While the world keeps bleeding.
I want a way of working
That leaves fingerprints
Mud on the knees
Witnesses who can say
“I was there. This happened.”
I do not want to measure life
Until it suffocates.
I want proof that breath moved
That hands acted
That promises crossed the threshold
Into reality.
What if legitimacy
Was not declared
But earned
In daylight
Before money ever moved.
What if trust
Was not outsourced
To logos and frameworks
But held by people
With names
And roles
And something to lose.
What if capital
Learned to wait.
Not forever
Just long enough
For truth to show its face.
Release nothing
Until action speaks.
Release more
Only when the next step
Is witnessed
And held.
What if validators
Were not priests of abstraction
But stewards of process.
Replaceable.
Rotated.
Bound to published standards
That anyone could read
And challenge.
No mysticism.
No green poetry in spreadsheets.
Just clear conditions
Met or not met
In the open.
What if reporting
Became a byproduct
Not a profession.
What if evidence
Fell out of doing
Like sweat
Like dirt
Like laughter
After real work.
Then sustainability
Would stop being a word
And become a pattern.
Not environment.
Not social.
Not governance.
But relationship.
Sequence.
Reciprocity.
Money would no longer pretend
To create impact.
It would follow it.
And those beautiful souls
Trapped in compliance theatre
Could come home
To building something
That breathes.
This is not an escape from responsibility.
It is its return.
Not burn it all down.
Reorder it.
Change the sequence
And the system follows.
The world does not need
Another ESG report.
It needs a way
For truth to arrive
Before money does.
Dear Kevin. is this composition of prose attributed to you
Love it. Not least: "Your job is to create the conditions for life. As you are its unique expression." I'm reminded of something by a Dutch woman, years ago (must look up her name): "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." It has apparently been adopted and repurposed by many, evidence of its power. And after the outrage comes... Monday morning. What can I do differently today?
Drinking coffee that came as a gift from a Christmas visitor. I notice it's neither bio nor FairTrade (which I normally always buy), also that it's distributed by Nestlé (ouch). Throwing it away would make no sense, right? So I drink it, and enjoy it - enjoyment is also important, yes?
The 7-year-old cat we've recently 'adopted' sleeps next to me. Oh dear - pets are such a strain on the environment. Yet... every human should be able to connect with other beings. And I can't imagine having her killed to save... something.
Everyday life, including 'corporate' life, is full of these trade-offs. Not 'compromises' but tiny decisions with potentially large impact. How to navigate them? Maybe the key is increasing consciousness so that we at least become aware of the decisions we're making? - it's not just about coffee and cats but more generally about, for instance, sourcing and respect for all beings.
Thank you for this thoughtful expression of the shift we need to make, both collectively and individually. ❤️
my second poem to add to this would be about aligning with SDG goals - dear alllll the organisations that continue to align with these goals and proudly state it on your website ...