You hear them everyday ... At the end of the day ... I personally ... At this moment in time ... with all due respect ... 24/7 ... it's not rocket science ... your call is very important to us ... no offense, but ... in order to serve you better ... no problem ... cool ... listen carefully as our menu options have changed ... our computers are slow today. These are just some of the many phrases that have become part of our vocabulary today and I am getting tired of "modern day phrase speak" (although I guess I do it at times myself!).
But there is one phrase which really drives me crazy - "thinking outside the box". Today I have already heard it used two times, it was also in a book I am reading, and there is a guy running for governor of Pennsylvania who uses it constantly in his television campaign advertisements. I shudder every time I see him waddle across the TV screen sharing how it is time to "think outside the box" to solve the state's many problems. Actually I think he should "think outside the box" to come up with better commercials (and to lose some weight).
Maybe that is the problem with today's society, everyone is "thinking outside the box" and neglecting all the common sense and moral values that have been "inside the box" for years. Now I really wonder, if everybody is really "thinking outside the box". isn't all this thinking and behavior really "inside a new box"? What's the difference - maybe it just depends on what the box is (whatever that means). Maybe this candidate should say that he "thinks outside the box" but he really is "inside the new box of modern thinking".
At the end of the day, with all due respect, I personally think, at this moment in time, this might be more appropriate. In order to serve us better, thinking outside the box, 24/7, might be better, even if the menu has changed. But, no problem if you feel otherwise, because it's not rocket science. And that folks is my "outside the box" blog for today. Think about it, either inside or outside the box. And that's cool!
Speak, Lord, in the stillness,
While I wait on Thee;
Hushed my heart to listen,
In expectancy.
Speak, O blessed Master,
In this quiet hour;
Let me see Thy face, Lord,
Feel Thy touch of power.
For the words Thou speakest,
They are life indeed;
Living bread from heaven,
Now my spirit feed!
All to Thee is yielded,
I am not my own;
Blissful, glad surrender,
I am Thine alone.
Speak, Thy servant heareth,
Be not silent, Lord;
Waits my soul upon Thee
For the quickening word.
Fill me with the knowledge
Of Thy glorious will;
All Thine own good pleasure
In Thy child fulfill.
Like a watered garden,
Full of fragrance rare,
Lingering in Thy presence,
Let my life appear.
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