Word of the day, and since I awoke with it, it’s the word I focus on as I move through my waking hours.
The idea of agreement, standing together, and harmony. My use revolves around something like before because I know the results produced from before.
Etymology: First used in 1594 and indicates the “firmness of matter.” [Source] “Con…” means “together with.” “Sta…” means stand. Think of the word “constant.”
I’m thinking of the phrase: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.“
What If
What if we loved consistently
And treated all issues the same way?
Always the same, never changing.
I knew what I got then,
Hence, I know what I’ll get this time.
What if we were seen as the same
From every perspective of others
Because we are the same
Always responding and treating
The way all know we will.
Every bump of the clock
Resets and advances times
Do it again, as in repeating
Because our power is low.
Or keep on going.
There are 60 bumps to a minute and an hour.
Even with a bad hair day
I want to see the consistency
Of response and reaction
There is comfort in knowing
No change. No Fear. Still the same.
In the mid-’70s, I worked for an oil tool company and frequently used a program called “Ditto.” It was meant to duplicate a card deck, and later it was upgraded (I think) to duplicate a digital file. You would wrap the “JCL” (Job Control Language) around the deck of cards, read it into the card reader, and wait for the newly punched cards to appear in the output tray. Most of the time, it worked! Sometimes the card reader misreads, and sometimes the card punch is miss punched…
CONSIST(ENCE), + -ENCY, + -ENCIES: The idea of standing together the same, day in and day out. Never changing and always getting the same response. There's comfort in that thought. Share on X
Plan correctly and you can produce consistent results.