"Two Kinds Of Cash"

Two kinds of cash we’ve seen to date –
One, healing cash, will enervate,
Not energize or spur us on,
Just heal us from where things went wrong.

The second type of cash we’ve felt,
Gives energy to hand we’re dealt;
It does not heal, that’s not the role,
It’s more to help us score some goal.

“Two different kinds of cash?” You ask,
“I just see money, so must ask
You to explain – I’ve felt it though –
How do you figure this is so?”

It’s like perceiver’s black and white –
They see the dark side of the night;
Not me – though I have felt its power,
Believe you see it every hour.

My world’s a scene of shades of gray;
They fill that mid-range (blank, you say)
Between extremes of black and white;
You’re color-blind, as I, in sight.

For we’re designed to body be,
Like ears with eyes by which we see;
While in our turn our hearing lends
A richness to our sighted lens.

So – if you would successful be,
Don’t think of self as “only me”,
But self as part of “body” team,
Then rise above the mean and mean.

Perceivers see, with clarity
The what and why – where we could be;
Like periscope above the hill –
They see, pass on their insights, still –

There is a need for “how to” man;
Encourager sees ways one can
Get there – in inter-active chat
Tunes up best way for doing that.

Then comes administrator’s wheels –
Defensively each one-yard steals
With ways and means, resource to bear
On task at hand with measured care.

Administrators servers hire
To get things done, who so aspire
To do each job with care precise,
Like hockey team upon the ice.

The giver-finance types hang back
Behind the scenes, ensure no lack
Of funds, resource, hold back the team,
As all surpass the mean and mean.

Compassion people blend the mix;
With intuition breaches fix;
And make for joy, relationship
Within the team because of it.

The teacher-researcher on team
Brings data in, tells what it means;
Informs with data, concepts, ways
The other teams develop plays.

So yes, you ask about the cash,
And “how two kinds?” You’ll always ask,
For we’re a body – parts that fit
Like eyes and ears – so blessed by this.

To rise above the mean and mean,
It’s “body life” we both have seen;
That lets our broad diversity
Enrich the whole, to win it’s “we”.

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