AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!

"The New Yorker" magazine had the above cartoon in 06 concerning an elephant in the room. I had a conversation with a friend today and we addressed "An Elephant in the Room". While not particularly orally verbose, I do love the written word and the pictures formed in "My Mind's Eye" when writing.

The elephant is smack dab in the middle of the room. An elephant is a VERY LARGE creature-NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY MISS IT. We are all seated around the elephant and yet we ignore his presence in our midst. Why are we ignoring "The Elephant"? Perhaps there seems to be no solution to "The Elephant", perhaps it is a socially taboo subject, or perhaps the solution will not come easy.

We all go about our day to day busy lives-discussing EVERYTHING and taking care of EVERYTHING-BUT THE ELEPHANT! Everyone is aware of "The Elephant" and we all know it needs to be addressed and a solution found-BUT for whatever the reason- no one steps up to the plate and tackles the problem. It is not our business?-Yes-if it is affecting us-it is our business. Someone else with more authority or closer to the situation needs to broach it?-No one seems to take that initial step.

Meanwhile-the elephant is growing. Soon he will fill the room and there will not even be room enough to get a breath. Who is going to end the stand off and approach the elephant? One thing is for sure, until someone does-we will all be frozen-squeezed into a corner by "The Elephant In The Room."