I've given a lot of thought to this over the years, our way of thinking and how we relay it to others outside of our own thoughts.
From the time I was a young child I was fairly outspoken and would say what was on my mind, and it only intensified the older I got, because I realized early on that remaining quiet on account of others got me nowhere and achieved nothing.
What I see today is a movement of people that are ready and poised to pounce on others the instant someone says something out of step with the times, something outside that of the status-quo, or some new wave of thinking where everyone seems to be under the impression that because our world, our ways, have progressed, so should everyone else's way of thinking.
For instance, I've always classified myself as being old-fashioned, so selling me on much of today's modern way of thinking is no easy task, yet regardless of whether or not I know I will be the recipient of scorn or ridicule, I possess an unwavering nature about me that allows me to shrug off ill-comments by those who don't care for my words, and that, too, has become much easier for me the older I have got.
So, tell me, are you a free thinker, or do you allow others to intimidate you, even manipulate you into thinking like them... people who would rather be followers than leaders, people who would rather show their weakness and go along with the crowd, rather than stand up straight like those like myself do who have a spine and say it like it is?
Wilford Brimley used to say... "it's the right thing to do", and even back in the day when that television commercial for Quaker Oats aired (1970's), I used to think to myself, who are you to tell me it's the right thing to do. I'll decide whether or not it's the right thing to do, thank you very much.
If there's one thing I cannot stand, that is others who think that they have the god given right to try and tailor my thoughts and speech to meet and live up to their own needs and ideals.
From the time I was a young child I was fairly outspoken and would say what was on my mind, and it only intensified the older I got, because I realized early on that remaining quiet on account of others got me nowhere and achieved nothing.
What I see today is a movement of people that are ready and poised to pounce on others the instant someone says something out of step with the times, something outside that of the status-quo, or some new wave of thinking where everyone seems to be under the impression that because our world, our ways, have progressed, so should everyone else's way of thinking.
For instance, I've always classified myself as being old-fashioned, so selling me on much of today's modern way of thinking is no easy task, yet regardless of whether or not I know I will be the recipient of scorn or ridicule, I possess an unwavering nature about me that allows me to shrug off ill-comments by those who don't care for my words, and that, too, has become much easier for me the older I have got.
So, tell me, are you a free thinker, or do you allow others to intimidate you, even manipulate you into thinking like them... people who would rather be followers than leaders, people who would rather show their weakness and go along with the crowd, rather than stand up straight like those like myself do who have a spine and say it like it is?
Wilford Brimley used to say... "it's the right thing to do", and even back in the day when that television commercial for Quaker Oats aired (1970's), I used to think to myself, who are you to tell me it's the right thing to do. I'll decide whether or not it's the right thing to do, thank you very much.
If there's one thing I cannot stand, that is others who think that they have the god given right to try and tailor my thoughts and speech to meet and live up to their own needs and ideals.
