More than Fluff

Thursday, friends, will be a challenging day for us.
There are intense political forces at play within the board of Master's agency.  Powered by the financial concerns that have been generated by our current economic climate, there are those who with a short-term view, and perhaps an axe or two to grind, would urge decisions which will hamstring the work of His very dedicated staff. 

He, powerful as He is, has limited capacity to fend off the wolves who would ravage the organization that has been His life and work and mission for some 30 years.  Ignorance and vindictiveness might prevail, and the Executive Director must carefully navigate the turbulent waters, mindful that He is "employee" to the board. 

I have served on that self-same board for many years.  Quietly.  Unobtrusively.  Content to contribute in small and humble and barely noticed ways.  I have offered opinions.  I have advocated for our cause.  I have worked to move the whole endeavor forward by the efforts of my hands, mind, and heart.  I have not sought positions of leadership, and I have eschewed the things that might bring me to notice.

Thursday night, that will change.  Those who come to dismantle what has been built will encounter a woman in the full possession of her personal power.  I do not often choose to exercise that power -- but it still remains mine to wield.  The mild-mannered, and soft-spoken school teacher will vanish, and the strong, self-possesed, confident, and indefatigable woman will emerge. 

I am not their employee.  I am their peer.  I am more than an equal among equals.  I have time and standing to speak where those who lack my years do not.  I will speak.  I will go to battle for this agency, this vision, this mission.  I will insist.  I will be adamant.  They will hear my voice and feel my steely will.  I will face down the board president.  I will teach those who are new and young and so very sure of their rightness.  There will be an accounting.

I'll not be a fluffy bit of ornamental frippery on Thursday night.  I'll be what He needs me to be.  And so I will prove my value to my Master.  If you are one who can channel powerful and supportive energies, then be with me on Thursday evening.  I need you all.

swan