Read this and I hope it may piss you off enough to give it some real thought, insight and consideration. Mainly because, this is the picture you're painting of yourself to all of us here. Really.
I joined this website because "I'm the mediocre type." I like to settle at just doing enough to get by, but still want to be considered one of the cool guys should my other half ever let me go out to play with my buddies. I need someone else to hand me the brass ring and if the guy in front of me is bigger, it's better that someone else block him and take him out, or if the quarterback can deal with him, even better as I bruise easily.
I don't do very well at all when I get stung by an insect and I hate bugs. I need 10 hours of sleep every night and require a strict diet of what I choose. I expect to be paid well for doing everything at 50% or less and it must always be in a temperature controlled environment. It's who I am and I must accept the fact that going out of my way and putting forth any effort during the course of my life is out of the question. It must either be gift wrapped or handed to me on a silver platter.
The thought of combat or having to deal with our enemy up close and personal, scares me to death and would more than likely give me seizures, causing me to run in the other direction. I don't really know how I would be able to effectively serve my country and still be at my wife's beck and call 24/7, or God forbid, if it included the thought of death constantly hanging over my head, but I still feel the urge to lead from the rear, and waste everyone's time when it comes to manpower, allocations, resources, effort, time, and money when I start something, knowing full well, ahead of time, that this isn't really me and never will be.
I would really like to know what you all honestly think, but in spite of all that's been said up until now, I don't do well with constructive criticism either. Often times, I find it hurts my feelings.
Now, is some of this an exaggeration / embellishment? Perhaps. However, when it comes to doing something in life, most of us learned something long ago from our fathers. Mine told me whatever it is you decide to do in life and what ever you decide to be, while on this earth, whether it's digging a ditch, flipping burgers, working on cars whatever you choose, you are only bound by the limits of your imagination, but more importantly, your desires and how much sweat and effort you put forth and into it. Whatever it is you choose, even if it's a ditch digger son, take pride in your work, go out there and be the best damn ditch digger that ever walked the face of the earth. Whatever it is you decide, if you do that, and do it well, and not go through life half assed, I promise, you will always have the respect, and admiration of others. And somewhere later on in life, you will gain an appreciation for hard work because, in the end, it's your name that's on it, not because of money, fame or taking the easy way out.
