The rose flower above in the first photo is an unedited version captured with an automatic mode in a Lumux camera with a 400 mm lens at day break in our garden.
The second and third photos are after altering the exposure and brilliance with the editing software.
Each photo gives different details.
I played with the editing software to get different versions of the flower, each giving a distinct version of the flower!
I listened to a friend yesterday about a stressful situation in an organisation that he has recently been requested to be involved in. I listened to the stressful situation in the organisation from five others in the recent weeks. They were versions of events, hurts, disruptions and disappointments.
Listening to this friend yesterday brought another perspective as his narration was all about finding the path ahead with a redeeming, restorative and renewal perspective. He saw an opportunity to find healing by moving forward rather than staying frozen in the details of what happened!
I remember seeing activities on a rive bank to protect flooding of the land area on one side of river which is a residential area. The geological planning involved gently turning the direction of the river, de-silting the river bed and strengthening the embankment. The river flow is therefore regulated.
I realised how the friend who shared his concerns about the situation in the organisation was finding a way forward by attending to facilitate the movement process by restoring communicative, reconciliatory and upbuilding exercise.
Too often relationships and communications remain disrupted for too long that they lead to dampen trust, cordiality and collaboration.
The different shades of the same flower represent the perceptive differences which create unnecessary divisions or polarisation.
The flooding by the river is attended to by restorative process to allow the river to flow normally!
I like the way this friend captured the heart of the restorative process with his eyes focussed on the future by exploring different ways to revive the journey forward by opening doors of possibilities for collaborative planning and action! He saw the narrow door and the corridor ahead while others whom I listened to seemed still submerged in disappointment.
I realise that the intuitive sense with a prophetic optic is what often leads to revival and renewal in the direction of an organisation or an institution, when waylaid by difficulties and hurdles!
It is such a voice of hope that most people look forward to, to trust in the future and embrace the transition!
The flower above is in a bunch of hidden buds waiting to open!
The visionary thinkers are those who see the hidden buds and not the flower alone!
Yesterday's conversation was such an encounter experience!
I read in Proverbs 11: 6 this text yesterday: ' Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed or whether both of them alike will be good"
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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