Born Ready?

Fact is, we were born ‘ignernt. If we were able to discern *shoes from shinola* early on we were actually doing pretty well.

“I was born ready.” Have you made that pronouncement before? Hands up… whoops… (surely not moi => 😎).

We were all born ready though, right?

Problem is => we weren’t really.

We were all born ready for trouble. That’s what we encountered as soon as we entered this world. As far as I’d have probably warned you ahead of time though: beware, there’s Big Trouble lurking just over the horizon. No doubt about it.

I don’t mean to be demeaning confidence. Confidence is great. It is absolutely necessary in this world. Gotta’ believe in yourself. Ain’t nobody else gonna’ steer that ship for you (I know: “ain’t” is considered extremely bad grammar; sorry for all the fragments and continual slang).

The point is: we need to continually remind ourselves about exercising a little bit of humility. About exercising a little bit of restraint (I’m talking to myself). We all lose a little bit of perspective at times. Some days, we tend to go off the deep end in some shape, form, or fashion. Allowing ourselves to get too ego-centric is a sure formula for disaster though. We need to remind ourselves of that from time to time (talking to myself again).

Except for Jack Burton (who’s always in Big Trouble) , let’s try to keep it real 🥴

Jack Burton: Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn… call the president.