Lawyers

Inspired by a phone conversation I had with a lawyer representing our mutual client after I told her that making the changes she wanted to make to the financial covenants would make the bond deal unsaleable. When she would not relent, I told her I would make the changes, but when I did so, I was going to let the entire deal team know that it would jeopardize the deal and it would be on her head if it did not get done. She backed down, but called me a misogynist. I actually laughed at that one.

Lawyers 5.09.15
 
When people interact,
Conflict will occur
Transparency and openness heals
Yet, people resist its directness
Just wanting no conflict
With no emotional stress
 
We also have egos,
And want to be right
Because change is difficult
We avoid change by being right
So we look for advocates
Who reinforce our truth
 
Lawyers are those advocates
Needing conflict and distrust for relevance
So, they feed peoples' desire to be right
And the need to avoid change
Making lawyers effective prisms
To reinforce a point of view
 
Instead of trust, they sow distrust
Instead of peace, they sow conflict
Instead of love, they sow fear
Until there is no joy
And all understanding,
Is replaced by misunderstanding
 
This creates a need for rules
Obviously, the more rules the better
Until there are many, many rules
And only the lawyers understand the rules
And these rules become laws
Encoded in our society
 
These laws create paradoxical behavior
Less responsibly, not more
Less trust, not more
People who avoid truth
Hiding behind lawyers
Who do the thinking and speaking