Even In Epic Failures, There Is A Silver Lining
It’s all about perspective
Last week was a rough week. For the first time in 119 blogs, I did not write. I was too distracted, frustrated, and exhausted to put cohesive thoughts on paper.
Part of my business is Veteran advocacy. I help pull whatever resources are needed for Veterans and their families. Last week it was a Veteran who had been struggling for 5 years with PTS and a TBI. Like many of us with a military history, he was too proud to ask for help, until help was his only option.
There was a family involved. A spouse. Children. There was a boss and his business left short-staffed. The entities established to assist and protect, instead, caused confusion, increased tension, anxiety, and frustration, all because they could not/would not/had no idea how to properly communicate. Worse, their actions put the family back into a potentially dangerous situation.
People in positions of authority, without looking at the situation, veiled threats behind concern, in some attempt to ensure there was compliance. They belittled people, did not give full information, and even went so far as to give incorrect information. They were making decisions with partial information and did not seem to be interested in determining if they had the whole picture. Time was wasted and…
