Insanity...

The definition of...doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result...

As I sat in a meeting with a health & safety investigator discussing an incident dating back to January 21st and the need to finish the report asap...I sat figuratively and physically on my hands and kept a tight rein on frustration.

As I listened to the woman speak on new protocols, new ideas to mitigate violence and ensure safety my mind answered each comment, each question, each statement internally and at last, externally.

As quickly understood that this woman was not there to truly listen to understand but to get the report done...asap...I began to stop her long running speech, interrupting to speak on a previous comment until I began to see impatience and frustration edging her comments, her speech. Upon seeing these responses to a situation long past due attention I stood, figuratively, and spoke truth...I cut to the chase and through the bullsh*t...

Attempting to create a safe environment for staff and residents in a never ending cycle of rinse and repeat, this company attempting to do good things in a small community misses the mark entirely. Instead of removing a hazard already proven to be too much for untrained staff with no degrees in mental health or otherwise, they continue to sweep the garbage, the dust, the happenings under the carpet...and start the process all over again.

Ah, my friends...I lose patience with oversight, with blindness, with corruption, with criminal white collar activities within a company practicing bullying, coercion with super speak, big words and smoke and mirrors.

But oh I sit in thankfulness for life experiences that uniquely place in me knowledge on how, on why, on where...on speaking through the circling speech, the slight of hand, the pretense of doing the right thing while in the background minions run around cleaning up the evidence. Bah...it leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

We stand and fight...or we fall to ruin.

We prepare, we educate ourselves and others in turn on how to treat us...

We stand...we speak truth...no matter if it changes the outcome, the person, the cooperation...no matter...it changes each one of us to take a stand, to protest, to engage in conversation that is uncomfortable, confrontational. Holding others accountable for behaviours not acceptabe is not easy, but worth every second, each moment of stopping the conversation to be sure they understand your stand, your position even as they continue with the status quo.

We stand...as Queens, as Kings...with dignity, with grace, with understanding.

Let us go today and take those moments to speak...one word or a full on convo...we take the time and watch the growth rise exponentially...we make the time and feel the walls mending, the breaches closing, new scar tissue forming to create new strengths, new courage, new ability and confidence.

God be with you today and each day forward...holding you close, framing your face with His hands and blowing the sweet air of love, grace, freedom, peace and comfort.

Bless you, each one...with courage to meet those battles you think impossible...God is a god of possibles, of life eternal, of magical moments that sit you down in awe, in wonder.

Set your face to the sun and warmth and watch the miracles come...