Apply as needed

This is a photo of an actual deck chair from the Titanic.

Phil Thomas, Steve Payne and I used to joke about some of the suggestions for policy changes and other related actions that came up at meetings in the monastery: "Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."

I am sure you can think of institutions -- governmental, religious and others -- that seem to spend a lot of time and energy rearranging deck chairs instead of dealing with the real problems.

As you see on the side of medical cream jars, "Apply as needed."