Sitting 2
A Trio of Trouble
There is a trio of troubled troubadours who raise their ugly heads to sing off-key tunes, causing all of humanity to suffer in the listening.
They tour together. They only believe in each other, and they foster the conditions causing all the pain experienced on Planet Earth.
Pretty dramatic beginning, don’t you think? Now that I have your attention, let me introduce these dunderheads of defeat.
Insecurity
The mother’s name is insecurity.
She hounds, pecks and nags to bring about her will. That will is very simple: to establish the need for love rather than a love relationship. She points out flaws and never forgives them. She discourages all attempts at improvement. She leaves her household barren of basic human confidence.
Superstition
Then she turns to her sister, superstition, to explain the rules of operation. Superstition lays the groundwork for the reasoning behind all the insecurity. Superstition fosters the notion that there are supernatural reasons for the most natural of events. Superstition warns of dangers which are never realized and promotes prejudices for the alleged protection of all. Superstition promotes ritual over rhyme, practice over discovery and dogma over true belief.
And then, she invites the big brother to come in to seal the deal.
Arrogance
His name is arrogance.
Arrogance has an excuse for everything. Arrogance is clothed in fakery and armed with ignorance. Arrogance flexes its muscle to prove superiority. Arrogance is the enforcer of all that makes us insecure and all that causes us to revere the superstitious.
The trio rampage through the human fold like a wolf at night, destroying all semblance of innocence and all sensation of protection. They fear no one but continue their mission of mayhem, seemingly unchecked by any mortal force.
Their only weakness is that they don’t seem to be able to function alone. When separated, the true essence of their nature shines through and exposes them.
- Insecurity is like a jealous child.
- Superstition resembles a baffled bungler of misinformation.
- And arrogance is an ignorant brute.
Fortunately for all human beings great and small, there is a threesome that counters the efforts of this diabolical trio.
Acceptance
Standing firmly and strongly in an intelligent profile against Mother Insecurity is acceptance.
Acceptance is the perfect counter against insecurity because it dismisses the notion that there is a foregone conclusion. Acceptance accepts–first, ourselves for who we are.
Then, with a tremendous boost of confidence, acceptance allows differences in others.
Acceptance brings the productive idea that we don’t have to reinvent ourselves but instead can work with the package provided.
Logic
Logic has been summoned to counteract superstition.
Logic rarely has an opinion, but poses the well-placed question.
Logic wants to know if there is any history to the notion.
Logic desires evidence.
Logic is the element of life that has historically dismissed the errant philosophies that have brought us near the brink of destruction. Can there be anything more god-like than the probing question that splits the darkness and demands, “Let there be light?”
Logic becomes faith when enacted by people of passion.
Humility
And finally, there is humility, which, for some odd reason, has gained a reputation for being weak. However, humility is always the profile taken by any intelligent soul who knows there is always more to learn.
Humility feels no need to supersede the will of others, but only wishes to be a part of the whole.
As in the case of insecurity, superstition and arrogance, our three friends–acceptance, logic and humility–gain strength through one another.
Leading a legendary life is a decision to accept who we are and the identities of those around us, while logically requesting an explanation for events and humbly placing ourselves in the flow of humanity instead insisting on an arrogant seat of power above others.
Two Households
The trio of troublers: insecurity, superstition and arrogance.
The trinity of triumph: acceptance, logic and humility.
But you can be certain of this: you will most certainly belong to one family or another.
Jonathots Daily Blog 
Sit Down Comedy … July 3rd, 2020
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Waking up from my nap and sitting on the edge of my bed, I was listening to the muffled booming of the television trying to wiggle its way through my closed door.
After a few moments, I discerned that it was some sort of talk show, since there were two people conversing, and each one spoke too long for it to be a scripted program.
Trying to make out words.
It was a man and a woman speaking. Finally, after a few seconds of listening to the man, I made out what I assumed were three words: “admire a con.”
I winced but then snickered, realizing that this speaker had a bit of a Georgia drawl, and what he was trying to pronounce was “American.”
Almost immediately, the other person, the female, took up the cause and what I thought I heard her say was “a miracle can.”
Evaluating her accent—I guessed Bostonian—I once again had to chuckle, because this was her rendition of “American” also.
“Admire a Con” and “A Miracle Can.”
Remaining perched on the bed, I got to thinkin’.
As we round the corner to another day of Independence, we certainly, in candor, have to admit that our nation is often guilty of admiring a con.
Yes, we live in an environment where “Breaking Bad” is a good thing, where denying the truth is political magic, and refusing to take the blame for anything is deemed clever.
Those in power pretend they are surprised that the populous begins to turn on one another and cheat, lie, and attack. Then pundits comically insist they are trying to reveal both sides of the question.
So in this quagmire—where we “admire a con”—we find ourselves giving out, giving in and finally giving up.
We produce the best we can, only to be told there’s another way to do it which is not quite so expensive or meticulous. Therefore, we’re asked to give in to the common con, and after a while, because are hearts are hungry for some validity, we find ourselves giving up.
I don’t want to live in “Admire a Con,” even though the accent may be warm and fuzzy.
But on the other hand, “A Miracle Can” breathes potential.
As long as we don’t sit around and wait for God, gods and goddesses to perform their magic, miracles can be achieved through our efforts and glorified through celebration.
I could live in “A Miracle Can,” where I’m asked to bring my faith.
For you see, it’s too bad that faith has been associated with religion.
Faith is actually just an enduring belief—an insisting notion—a treasured principle.
So I could muster faith.
And then, with the rest of my brothers and sisters, we could all have a “come to Jesus” moment.
Not a revival, but rather, a renewal. A believing in one another.
Not a church service, but an inspiration to serve.
And once I brought my faith—that enduring belief—and had my “come to Jesus moment,” when time was still available for solutions—then I think I would actually be prepared to want to make things whole.
As long as things are broken, I can bitch.
If I contend that the world is hopeless, I can whimper and play victim.
But if I want to make things whole, I can get together with others, who bring their wit, will and willingness to join in.
I’m tired of living in “Admire a Con,” listening to mumblings through the door.
I need more than the promise of “A Miracle Can.”
Instead, I long to march together with newfound friends, as we bring our faith, have a “come to Jesus” moment and really, really want to make things whole.
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