The markets crash
Last week has been quite a dramatic week in the financial world.It was shocking to see major financial institutions that people thought were invincible going down and being bailed out. People are living in fears as to whether the great depression of the 30's will return.
What was taught in business calsses as an example of how not too has just happened. In other words history has repeated itself. I was seeing pictures and reactions of people who went to work one day and realised that their jobs were not there anymore. Some whose first day of work actually was the last without being paid. I could not stop to think of all those people who invested all thier time on the financial markets.. I know of some who their only identity was their Job. It is sad in one sense but also maybe an eyeopener in many ways for those affected and also for those who have seen it from afar.
One of the companies Lehman Brother has been in the business for 137 years . . .but overnight it died.. Organisations also have a life time we used to say when I was in my consulting years.. and another reality was organisations also have an organic growth cycle - birth, growth and death but if the right thing was done at the right time death could be delayed not avoided. . by that I meant death of an organisation is inevitable it can only be delayed.. I think this is a clasic example of that ..
When things like this happen in the economy it is interesting to see how the blame game starts.. who do people think is the reason, the CEO's of banks, or the policy makers or the government or the advertising agencies or who . . or does the problem lie within the individuals . ..
Organisations can blame organisations for it's death, or people can blame people for organisations death and in turn the loss of their jobs.. but Bible says there will come a day when we will all stand in judgement for the thigns that we have done and that day there aint gonna be any blame game .. Life will be purely seen as what it was and how it was lived. . . bigger than any catastrophy will that one be if we end up that day to find out ah .. what have I been chasing all my life , have I missed out on Jesus . . . that will be too late..
What was taught in business calsses as an example of how not too has just happened. In other words history has repeated itself. I was seeing pictures and reactions of people who went to work one day and realised that their jobs were not there anymore. Some whose first day of work actually was the last without being paid. I could not stop to think of all those people who invested all thier time on the financial markets.. I know of some who their only identity was their Job. It is sad in one sense but also maybe an eyeopener in many ways for those affected and also for those who have seen it from afar.
One of the companies Lehman Brother has been in the business for 137 years . . .but overnight it died.. Organisations also have a life time we used to say when I was in my consulting years.. and another reality was organisations also have an organic growth cycle - birth, growth and death but if the right thing was done at the right time death could be delayed not avoided. . by that I meant death of an organisation is inevitable it can only be delayed.. I think this is a clasic example of that ..
When things like this happen in the economy it is interesting to see how the blame game starts.. who do people think is the reason, the CEO's of banks, or the policy makers or the government or the advertising agencies or who . . or does the problem lie within the individuals . ..
Organisations can blame organisations for it's death, or people can blame people for organisations death and in turn the loss of their jobs.. but Bible says there will come a day when we will all stand in judgement for the thigns that we have done and that day there aint gonna be any blame game .. Life will be purely seen as what it was and how it was lived. . . bigger than any catastrophy will that one be if we end up that day to find out ah .. what have I been chasing all my life , have I missed out on Jesus . . . that will be too late..
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