THESE ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS MIND SETS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED…
THE FENCE SITTER: REALLY? SO YOU SIT ON A FENCE POST ALL DAY LONG AND MAKE NO DECISIONS. THE ONLY DANGER IS THAT YOUR BUTT WILL HURT, SO YOU GET SPLINTERS, YOU FALL OFF YOUR PERCH AND GET COLD, WET AND SUN BURNED.
WALKING IN “THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD”: WOW! THAT’S A GREAT PLAN, JUST FOLLOW THAT WHITE LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND TAKE NO SIDES. THE ONLY DANGER IS THAT YOU GET YOUR BUTT RUN OVER BY SOMEONE CHANGING LANES!
BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND: SO YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEM WE HAVE AS A NATION, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BEND OVER, STICK OUT YOUR BUTT AND BURY YOUR HEAD IN A HOLE AND GO BLIND, DEAF AND SILENT. THE DANGER IS AS YOU ASSUME THAT POSE, THE PROBLEM COMES FROM BEHIND YOU AS YOU STAND THERE AND KICKS YOU IN THE BUTT AND PUSHES YOU DOWN. GREAT PLAN.
MY FAVORITE ONE OF ALL DENIAL: SO YOU ENJOY SWIMMING IN THIS WIDE BUT SHALLOW RIVER HOPING THAT YOUR SELF-INTEREST AND DELUSTIONS DON’T GET SHATTERED BY REALITY. SOMEONE SPEAKING THE TRUTH CAN’T HAVE THAT – NOW THAT WOULD REALLY RUIN THAT COMFORT ZONE OF YOURS, WOULDN’T IT? WHEN 7 GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE WARNED YOU OF THE SAME THING ALL THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, YOU REALLY THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY, OR ARE THEY TRYING TO PREPARE YOU AND EDUCATE YOU AS WELL?
THE DANGER IS THAT YOU GO DOWN DROWNING IN YOUR DENIAL, NEVER COMING BACK UP AND THAT YOU ARE LOST.
GERALD E, LOEFFERS JR. 2/13/2012
