Window Dressing

While I would spend most rainy days writing a blog, I chose to catch up on inside chores yesterday due to the all day rain. Today, however, you could barely tolerate the humidity, although the Georgia swamp temps were not at their all time highest. I chose to feed the horses first and see if it becomes more tolerable in the evening.

When my dad and I were having a business discussion recently, he followed up on my disclosures by saying, “that is called window dressing”.  Having never heard that term before, I was prompted to ask him to explain his statement. However, I did not need to. As a designer by nature, I immediately grasped the meaning behind this terminology, which could apply to various aspects in life:

• A company or corporation that  markets reports and figures for the means of financial gain or assets.
• Accounting shields actual records or delays transactions for the sole purpose of profit margins.
• Publicizing notoriety or popular demand, despite slippage in sales or demand.
• Posting or advertising inflated worth or validation on social media.
• Preparing exterior facets to mislead the intent or content of interior function or stability
• Government portraying to governed people that they have complete control on welfare of nation or have governed body in their best interest.
• Feeling the need to control or micro-manage people, collevtive body or establishment for the sake of superiority
• Press or journalism controlling what you read or hear to manipulate your thoughts or emotions.
• Government bodies falsifying data to obtain their own personal agenda or motives

This is by no means a complete list but hopefully raises questions and awareness with some of my readers as to some of society’s manipulative tactics.

All of the above scenarios could easily describe recent current events from the covid-18 pandemic, racist acts of violence, corruption, government agenda, corporate ethics, etc…

Someone asked me the other day…”how many different vehicles do you own/drive”? My response was, “whichever dinaseur happens to run that day”. There are no false pretenses or unwarranted glorifications here…lol! “What you see or know, where I am concerned, is what you get”!

Take home message: trust your instincts, do not take everything at face value, do your research before drawing conclusions, stay true to self, exercise compassion and empathy, exercise caution when in doubt…AND…most importantly, operate on your own cognizance and merit for the sake of value, worth, morals, personal dedication/devotion, observation, instinct and intellect.

Finally,…know your dad is a VERY, VERY wise business man…and father 🙂

Author: pegasus8mywings

Full time mother of two teenage girls with a full time job and Noah's Ark on the side. View all posts by pegasus8mywings