Author: carlfmaulbeck

In the movie "Harvey", Elwood P Dowd, played by Jimmy Stewart, explains coping with the world this way: "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." Well, for years I was smart, oh so very smart, I too recommend pleasant - Trust the harmony

Alternative Facts

Don’t piss on my shoes and say it’s raining, duplicity is the real terrorist. We see, if you disagree, “you’re fired”. We hear, if you cause problems, you’re gone. Blow smoke up his ass and you’re admired. “Mandated” by the skin of his tooth, with factless frenzy, he betrays what’s real. It’s his […]

Let Go, Let God

It’s hard to give over control, as if, I ever had control. It’s hard to say, “I’ve lost control”, assuming I was in control. I’ve noticed some just want answers, and there are really no answers. I’ve noticed some make up answers, despite questions without answers. I cannot create solutions grasping at straws […]

Q & A

The questions we ask make the answers we get. So, we must pay attention and listen first. Being ruled by the numbers, misses ourselves. Calculated assessment is meaningless Rain measured in volume and duration makes life an endless series of droughts and floods. Soaked by the rain and absorbing its wetness, be filled with […]

Reaccreditation

“Compliance is not for compliance sake. Compliance is really for student’s sake.” To be a school, there must be students. To be a good school, they must be engaged. Engaged students need an engaged school. Regardless of results, students come first. What they see, and what they do, prepares them, not just for […]

Play with Heart

To be one with effort takes skill and synergy, which means I must practice. I give it all I’ve got – to be in harmony with the impossible. It takes all that I am – to do what can’t be done, to enjoy the moment. My body aches, my heart races, my […]

Ritual

Before going out into the world, I mirror-gaze to see what is seen, and then open the door and go forth. Before engaging with another, I stop and look intently for them; and then, in peace I bow discreetly Before encroaching into your space, I step forward with my arm outstretched; and then, […]

Sunglasses

The glare can be intense and sunglasses tempting; but, I resist protecting my eyes in favor of enduring the blinding brightness of insight. In due course, sunglasses do serve a good purpose; but, put on too early they hurt more than they help for they shield the eyes from absorbing the true light. […]

Be…

No good becomes it; to be or not to be Before befallen belittles, be still Behaving because besmirches benignity Besides bemuses, beneath betrays Befitting bewails belongs behind Bewitched beheading befuddles bewilderment Begin believing beyond betwixt Behest begets being befriended Behalf beseeching bestows beauty Between beloved behold be loved Bemoan bereavement, beckon bequeathing […]

Collusion

I am who I am, I stand here and now. I loathe the dark and accept my shadow. I love the light and confuse clarity. Sometimes my heart conspires with my will. Sometimes my mind overrules my body. I straddle the truth. I live there and then. Resistance is futile, to […]

Fear Itself

No one knows but me my fear No one cares or sheds a tear. To look with cursory glance, one would not have an inkling of my distress or trembling. Shoulders straight and chest held high, I walk with calm assurance playing an all-is-well stance. Alone in my room I cringe and […]

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