Listen carefully because I'm about to give away a secret, and like a magician, the coca cola company, and comedians, my secrets are proprietary trade secrets. Besides, if I gave them all away, why would you read this... You like being messed with, challenged, entertained, and yes, even bored. I find that when I write posts, full or partial, that address universal human issues, if I throw out a challenge to the reader, it will resonate with someone. The posts are rarely written to a specific person (not meaning that I did not have someone specific in mind though). But then again, I am a self professed liar. So I guess the question is, if I am a liar, and I am lying, then can you still gain something from it? The answer is yes.
See, it is like throwing darts while blindfolded. Yes from time to time I will miss the target, and other times I will hit things that really would have been better off without a dart stuck in them, but in the rare instance in which I do hit the board, and better if it makes a double, triple or even bull's eye score. Then I can say that I threw a dart blindfolded and hit something... The fact that I missed every other time only detracts from the victory, and thus sadly does not make it into the final version of the story. So my hope is that in making blanket statements that should be true for everyone, that someone will actually think about what I write and do something about it. So stop being so selfish and thinking its all about you, because it is... All of you. That and I heard a interpretation of what one of my greatest teachers does. It has been cleaned up for reasons of decency, but put simply sometimes you just need to sit down and throw mud at a wall just to see if it sticks. Because if it does, then you have learned something. That and every sleeping giant needs to be poked from time to time, otherwise life would be boring (every level needs a good boss fight to make you feel like you really accomplished something and can be proud to move on to the next (I think that is a personal best for how long it has been since my last video game reference, good for me)).
See, I know you, I know what makes you tick, and I know that since you read this somewhere deep inside exists a [omitted]. Some of you fall prey to that which killed the cat, others know my close personal friend the green monster quite well, and others still have one eye that sees more than the other. And perhaps it is unfair for a coward and brave fool as myself to call you a coward, but if you already thought that then your rationalizing things and really are a coward, if you did not think that, then your in denial and really are a coward.
Isn't circular logic a wonderful invention.
But as a wise fool once said, "Trust not the words of a poet, as he is born to seduce. Yet for poetry to seize the heart, it must ring with the chimes of truth." Therefore, if what I say bothers you, then I am doing it right and you are doing it wrong. If what I say does not effect you, why do you read my column? And if I do affect you, and you fix what you were doing wrong, keep reading, it helps me pay the bills. All I can hope is that I help you fix yourself, and that later another problem happens in your life that I can randomly and accidentally help fix... or make worse... but hey, that's what makes life interesting right (problems that is, and forget the part where I just said that I hope you have more problems, even though I meant it).
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