“Were you surprised by the fact that the site was hacked?”
“Once I was told that it had not been hardened, no.”
“Should you have known that fact in advance.”
“Candidly, the early alerts were there for me to see. I was so caught up in the busyness of getting the site live, that I was not paying attention to alerts in particular.”
“Is there anyway else you could have known.”
“Yes, the tech team could and should have alerted everyone, myself included.”
How many times have I forgotten what I have witnessed or have been told?
Even as I limit my question to recent memory, the answer is frightening! There are so many reminders and messages hitting my senses that I find myself filtering. In the process of trying to control what I consider and embrace I realize that I am also losing sight of what is most important. The old cliché of go slow to go fast applies.
As I walked out of the room I found myself thinking through the following.
When I reflect on my actions I open an opportunity to understand the past more clearly. In an old story, the warning signs were there especially in the actions that followed; “They went on to reject the Blessed Land, didn’t believe a word of what God promised.” (Psalm 106.24)
Every moment is an opportunity to reflect and act. In many ways the two words come together to form a new phrase – holistic focus. In the midst of everything else going on in life, it is the state of being I most frequently long for.
Drifting off course occur for many different reasons. Even as we correct, something else will pull us in another direction. While each is a learning moment, they do not need to be the defining part of the story. Everything pivots in the moment that is now.
My takeaway starts with accepting the human side of my actions and aspiring to realize the divinity that is within us all. It is the call that can and should define me.
