Practicing with Poisons

There are moments when I know I’m 

aligned with whatever wisdom I have;

when I know that nothing I’m doing is supporting

a more weaponized, harmful, poisonous world.

And, there are moments when 

I’m concerned I may not be aligned.

Do you ever have that concern?

The world is so complicated.

How do we untangle the interests, loyalties, and values

of our clients and the organizations we support,

so that we know whether our work 

falls on the side of wisdom,

or wades into the territory, 

however tangentially,

of dealing in weapons, humans, or poisons?