Ever what wonder what you are? How cool you are? How smart you are? When I was not so much younger, these questions and many more used to run through my mind and it has occurred to me that I might oughta get around to answering them. Soooo with out further hemmin' and hawin', I'll do my best to tell you how I came to see things like this in my head...
- If you find yourself asking if you are cool, most likely you aren't. take for example my quintessential example of cool: Steve McQueen. You think he ever had doubts? Of course he did, but did it show? Have you ever tried to act cool and trip over your tongue or feet? I have, but now I try to be just me. It's much easier.
- If you have to ask if you're funny, most likely you aren't. Most people by nature have a sense of humor, but most don't have the timing or the instinct for being funny on demand.
- If you have to tell people how smart you are.. you might wanna rethink that. To my way of thinkin',I'll take common sense over genius any day. Give me some one that can reason something out than a person with a 190 IQ that couldn't pour pee from a boot.
- this is from a a movie, but it fits: "If you find yourself at a poker table and can't spot the patsy real quick, it's you". Best you rack your chips and find another table. This goes for your life as well.
- But, on the other hand, if you find yourself asking if you are a coward, most likely you aren't. I think it takes a lot of courage to really ask yourself that question. When I was younger, I let what I took for fear hold me back from doing something fairly dangerous and afterwards to compensate, I had a serious propensity for mistaking rash and foolhardy acts for courage. As I've gotten older, I've learned that doing something both foolhardy and dangerous isn't brave, it's kinda stupid. Courage is being able to say,'' I think I'll pass on that but thank you for offering''.
