pcosmar
05-27-2010, 07:19 PM
Found this elsewhere.
Thought folks here might like it.
http://warriortalknews.typepad.com/the-gabe-suarez-blog/2010/04/the-search-for-mediocrity.html
THE SEARCH FOR MEDIOCRITY
I want to introduce you to an imaginary man - John Smith. John Smith is a private citizen. That means that he is not hampered by political directives at federal, state or local levels. But John thinks he is "just a civilian". John has sought mediocrity his entire life. It is what he was trained for since birth....don't make waves...be a nice guy...you can't do this...you can't do that.
Then John realized he'd better buy a pistol and carry it because his neighbor was robbed, beaten, raped or brutalized, and the police did not come in time for anything but the report.
So he went to the local gunstore and allowed the over-sized cigar smoking salesman to patronize him into buying a double action only Smith and Wesson because it had several safeties and a real heavy and long trigger pull. "It was great for a mediocrity-seeking civilian like John", announced the salesman as he wiped doughnut juice on his Police Revolver Club t-shirt.
John asked about the Glocks and XDs and M&Ps that looked so modern and cool. "Oh no...those are for professionals son....you are a civilian...you don't need anything like that". Being a mediocrity seeker, and not wanting to be guilty of the sin of arguing, he bought the Smith and Wesson and went home. He did go to a free handgun clinic at the local range after he passed his CCW class. But he was a civilian and did not need to go to one of those "commando schools", or learn how to kill things like that ad said. He was a civilian and didn't like carrying a gun in the first place.
So John went on with his life doing his best to avoid bad things, bad places and bad people. But one day, as much as he tried, trouble came to him. He found himself at church when some crazy guy decided today was judgment day and began shooting people. The congregation was also full of mediocrity seekers and those that did not get shot outright, ran away like properly conditioned civilians should.
But John was torn about running with the rest of the herd, or fighting. He drew his pistol and tried to aim it but it felt strange in his hands....after all civilians did not need to train like Delta Force so John spent his free time playing tennis instead. At that moment a round from the terrorist caught his frozen wife in the face and dropped her...as he turned to see her fall three rounds hit him in the chest, two piercing his heart.....and the last thought that he had before he lapsed into blissfully unconscious death was,
"......but I am just a civilian".
Look...you can be a warrior, or you can be a sissy. That is that. Remember when you were ten years old? What did you play? Did you play nice guy accountant? Or Nice guy dentist? How 'bout nice guy school teacher? Did you daydream about getting along with everyone?
NO!!
You played games where you were the hero....YOU killed the freaking dragon! YOU saved the maiden! YOU saved the day.
So what happened to you? You became.....socialized and civilized. You became...domesticated because you thought that was what you were supposed to become.
NO I SAY!!!
Become the warrior your heritage calls you to be - whether your profession is an accountant or a dentist or a teacher...or a gunfighter. A man is a warrior because he says he is, and he lives it.
Be the warrior in your heart. Live as a warrior. Watch how your life changes!
Thought folks here might like it.
http://warriortalknews.typepad.com/the-gabe-suarez-blog/2010/04/the-search-for-mediocrity.html
THE SEARCH FOR MEDIOCRITY
I want to introduce you to an imaginary man - John Smith. John Smith is a private citizen. That means that he is not hampered by political directives at federal, state or local levels. But John thinks he is "just a civilian". John has sought mediocrity his entire life. It is what he was trained for since birth....don't make waves...be a nice guy...you can't do this...you can't do that.
Then John realized he'd better buy a pistol and carry it because his neighbor was robbed, beaten, raped or brutalized, and the police did not come in time for anything but the report.
So he went to the local gunstore and allowed the over-sized cigar smoking salesman to patronize him into buying a double action only Smith and Wesson because it had several safeties and a real heavy and long trigger pull. "It was great for a mediocrity-seeking civilian like John", announced the salesman as he wiped doughnut juice on his Police Revolver Club t-shirt.
John asked about the Glocks and XDs and M&Ps that looked so modern and cool. "Oh no...those are for professionals son....you are a civilian...you don't need anything like that". Being a mediocrity seeker, and not wanting to be guilty of the sin of arguing, he bought the Smith and Wesson and went home. He did go to a free handgun clinic at the local range after he passed his CCW class. But he was a civilian and did not need to go to one of those "commando schools", or learn how to kill things like that ad said. He was a civilian and didn't like carrying a gun in the first place.
So John went on with his life doing his best to avoid bad things, bad places and bad people. But one day, as much as he tried, trouble came to him. He found himself at church when some crazy guy decided today was judgment day and began shooting people. The congregation was also full of mediocrity seekers and those that did not get shot outright, ran away like properly conditioned civilians should.
But John was torn about running with the rest of the herd, or fighting. He drew his pistol and tried to aim it but it felt strange in his hands....after all civilians did not need to train like Delta Force so John spent his free time playing tennis instead. At that moment a round from the terrorist caught his frozen wife in the face and dropped her...as he turned to see her fall three rounds hit him in the chest, two piercing his heart.....and the last thought that he had before he lapsed into blissfully unconscious death was,
"......but I am just a civilian".
Look...you can be a warrior, or you can be a sissy. That is that. Remember when you were ten years old? What did you play? Did you play nice guy accountant? Or Nice guy dentist? How 'bout nice guy school teacher? Did you daydream about getting along with everyone?
NO!!
You played games where you were the hero....YOU killed the freaking dragon! YOU saved the maiden! YOU saved the day.
So what happened to you? You became.....socialized and civilized. You became...domesticated because you thought that was what you were supposed to become.
NO I SAY!!!
Become the warrior your heritage calls you to be - whether your profession is an accountant or a dentist or a teacher...or a gunfighter. A man is a warrior because he says he is, and he lives it.
Be the warrior in your heart. Live as a warrior. Watch how your life changes!