Look at the Seeds Growing by Yaphet Murphy

Wow, where did all of these people come from?

Two months ago, I had a small band of warriors. Now I have an army.

Two months ago, I was wondering if we had lost all of our inducted members. Now the warriors are coming back home.

Two months ago, I was talking about new recruits. Now I’m talking about setting up bands of Green Berets.

Two months ago I was wondering who our alumni are. Now I’m walking around with their business cards.

Two months ago, I was wondering if we were ever going to get a decent meal out of this outfit. Now someone’s pushing a plate of food every time I walk in the door.

Two months ago I wondered if the lieutenants were really getting it. Now I realize they knew what I was talking about all along.

Two months ago I thought I was going to have my hands full. Nowadays I travel full of hands.

Two months ago I wondered if this thing called Sigma really mattered. Today, it’s a different matter.

Two months ago,

two months ago,

two months ago.

What the hell am I going to have on my hands two months from now?

Organized Confusion by Yaphet Murphy

Believe me, I want to get caught up in the passion of a thing
To feel the fierce firestorm of wind, and rush, and roar
And go with it, swiftly, wholly and completely

But I feel my life is way too diffused to get caught up in any one thing completely.

My life - full of jagged edges, disparate forms and disconnected pieces.

Twenty different people called me today – not one of them know each other
How many degrees separate us???

Lord knows I like complexity…but not like this.

Give me the complexity of a fly’s eye or a spider’s web,
the complexity of a blood vessel or a muscle.
When a muscle receives an impulse, all of the cells contract in harmony, pulling the muscle in the same direction.
Sigma is a part of my life.
My life is a part of Sigma.
I wish my life had that kind of absolute, harmonious complexity.

Yaphet Murphy
Sigma VP Speaks