Success and deciet

I have been working at my place of employment now for about a year and 3 months. It is a much different type of environment than I am used to in law enforcement, but one thing remains the same. There are good people and there are bad people.

It amazes me how naive people as a whole are. It seems, in the world today, it is always those whose determination to be successful has reached such evil proportions it contributes nothing conducive to morale health are the ones who end up being our social, political and business leaders. Do we as a people really have such a need to hear what we want to hear, regardless of the truthfulness of it's content, we willingly overlook the endless lies people get caught up in?

I once knew a guy who lied about everything he said, but yet somehow people flocked to him, because he told them how wonderful they were and how talented they were. Honestly, if a guy lies about everything else and he tells you he thinks you are just the greatest guy around, should you REALLY believe him? If you don't believe him, which is probably the best choice, what does he really think of you? Yeah, that's right, he probably thinks your a doofus or more probably a gullible sucker who will believe anything he tells you, while you help make him a success. It's not uncommon.

If most people were able to evaluate things in the true light of factual information, the majority of individuals who hold public office would not hold any position of importance and I mean on the red side or the blue side of the isle. The truth of it is, these deceitful men and women probably wouldn't be a success in any area of their life, but the smoothness of the tongue prevails. It is deceptive and manipulative, but it is the unfortunate evolution of a degenerative people. We really should teach our children the ability to make truthful evaluations rather than the art of making concessions of principle in order to succeed.

Whatever you choose to do, know this, the world will, in almost all certainty, stay its present course into complete and utter desolation. It is a grim picture at best, but to be optimistic in the face of such abundant gloom will not offer any hope of correction, no spark of repentance, and no solution to the falsehood of our existence.

I may never experience success in the way others have, but I hope I never have to hang my head in shame, when confronted with the integrity of my statement.

My son wrote this and found it to be worth reading.

I say you won't do it.

So you set out to prove it.

I say you won't prove it, and then you do it.

I seem surprised,

and then water fills my eyes.

What's wrong? What have you done?

You rode a bull. Havent you won?

Maybe so, but now your gone.

Who cares about the ride. You didn't stay on.

Please come back, and talk to me again.

Please come back, my lovely friend.

Knowing you has been so amazing.

A fire of memories will forever be blazing.

Blazing in my heart, and in the trees.

Blazing in the yard, and in the seas.

Burning in the wind, and in the grass.

Heating the furnace where memories are cast.

I know you're in heaven, living with Jesus,

living for eternity, and living within us.

But I wish I could touch, see, and hear you.

But I can't. Because sooner or later, on the bull, your life you'd give.

You were living in the moment. Not knowing a moment was all you had to live.

I wrote this cuz I want to ride bulls, but if something was to happen. My family and friends would be the ones to pay for it. I hate that, but I'm still gonna ride bulls. Not just to prove that I can or to prove that I'm not afraid to, but because I watch all these guys ride bulls, and I know that thats where I need to be. I want to do it with a passion. But you can bet I'll always be thinkin about what's bound to happen, and what it'll do to my family when it does. Still..........I can't wait to ride bulls.

I want you all to know that Seth actually wrote this several months ago and he has since that time decided not ride bulls due to how it would leave his family. I am very proud of Seth! He is becoming quite the man and is learning to deal with impulses and selfish desires the way a man should. Some people live their whole lives and never learn that; so, here is to my son. A great poem, Seth!