Giver-Encourager
Well, here we are at lesson time,
That intersection so sublime
Where rubber hits the road at last,
And rocket launches in a blast.Within a glove of cotton soft,
Folks fail to see what’s held aloft –
A fist of steel – they know I guess,
But issues base they can’t address.They think they can (what we all do),
And so they try to dodge, and fool
Someone who knows much better than
Someone who’s not a giver can.In binding books, a block’s made first,
So pages stay twixt last and first;
Then cover-stock is fastened on,
But glue must dry or it is gone.So too, with all the work of gifts –
Folks think if simple steps are missed
They’ll get the same results their way,
And so they act, but seldom say –What’s really going on with them;
But that’s the point – I see it, then
I know the point where they screw up,
Not just with me – where things get rough.In doing life we get to see,
What we must know if we’re to be
The folks God meant when he designed
Us to be what he had in mind.Each one unique, like hand or ear;
We are one part, with others near;
We move around, unlike a flower,
But need the rest with us each hour.When we’re at home we do all right;
What we can’t do is out of sight;
We fake it there so long as cash
And assets lubricate the task.But on the Res where chimney fire
Destroys our home in half an hour,
Without the others we’d soon die –
In that, the base of “tribal” lies.No cash is used within the tribe –
Monastic, feudal life can hide
The bondage there, which cash released
(A massive shift, with trade-off piece).For trees have systems of exchange,
Which help resources rearrange
Themselves as seasons come and go –
And night comes on with shifts of flow.The lives of mammals, bugs, and fish,
Have this as well, except for this –
They move around, so their exchange
More formal is when they arrange –Themselves as units on the go,
Where other units they don’t know;
There’s lots of ways groups work this out,
But cross their rules, you’ll have no doubt –That social systems, like the trees,
Quite rigid are, so, “take or leave”
Is all that’s left – a basic choice;
With loyalty resides a voice.For when we leave our voice goes too,
A tool we need as work we do;
It lets us join with other folks
To learn their ways, and share their jokes.Encourager – is dominant
In me – the gift most prominent;
With giver-gift almost as strong,
In job I do I’m seldom wrong.“Free-fall” – technique I mostly use,
Technique where I appear to lose;
Then folks in this society,
In actions show the truth I need.For what I need’s their social code,
Which gives me access to the road
That’s undefended to their hearts,
For with that code the journey starts.There comes a time when we all freak,
Can’t take the freedom that we seek;
And that’s the point – it’s lesson time –
When access-code to lock is mine.Once lock is picked, results are fast;
Resource in freedom’s space is vast;
That’s why we move (unlike the tree) –
To give and get resource we need.navigation