I'm the Daddy

(This one is personal so if you don't know me that well you might want to move on.)

Yesterday, I worked from 8-5. Came home, mowed the yard, ate dinner, and at 9:30 pm I found myself outside wrenching on my car in a white tee shirt by the light of the porch lamp. By “found myself”, I mean that I stepped outside the moment, looked down, and realized I am the Dad.

It’s the moment where all my perceptions about myself melt away, and I do what I have to do. I love it. From the time I peek through the bedroom door to see my wife and baby lying in bed asleep before I leave in the morning, to the time that we are rolling around in the floor before he goes to bed. Words cannot describe.

Political Ideal - Conclusion

Conclusion

Government leaders are pushed, pulled, and prodded by compassionate constituents to provide assistance to suffering people. Programs that alleviate suffering create great publicity for public officials. Eventually this charity turns into entitlement.

Our prosperity as a nation is in spite of these programs, but our downfall may be because of them. As people become more secure that they will not have to face the consequences of the stick, they will engage in less of the behavior that develops people into strong citizens, and weak citizens are the death of an empire.

Political Ideal - Part 2

Part 2

There are two ways to motivate people; affectionately known as the carrot and the stick. The carrot is the reward that comes from a positive behavior, in the previous example it would be sufficient means in the latter years of life. The stick is the consequence from a negative behavior, in our case a lack of means after one is unable or unwilling to continue to work.
Unfortunately, when motivating a population both the carrot and the stick are needed. Some will chase the carrot with great vigor, and others will only be motivated by a whack or three from the stick. In the case of retirement planning, once the carrot or the stick is dealt out the time for planning is long past. Motivation at this point provides little benefit since planning for retirement is a long process. The secret is to derive motivation the anticipation of the consequences. The most effective way to create that anticipation is to be confronted with the successes and failures of others, and learn from others experience with the carrot or the stick. It is almost always less painful to learn from the mistakes of others, but unfortunately it is more effective to learn a lesson from personal experience.

Political Ideal - Part 1

Part 1

“Anything the government does for its citizen that they should do for themselves makes us a weaker nation.” -Brandon Ross-

The strength of a nation is determined, in part, by the strength of its citizens. People who are more disciplined, intelligent, creative, moral, and emotionally mature make better decisions than those who have these characteristics in a lesser degree. These traits are cultivated by life’s opportunities, tasks, and challenges. It follows, if the government performed tasks that should develop better characteristics in its citizens then people will be worse for the government having performed those tasks.

For example, when a person plans for retirement and enacts those plans, it develops their discipline, creativity, intelligence, etc. If the government usurps the process with some type of program that forces individuals to set aside part of their income to be paid back at some point in the future, it decreases the number of people planning for retirement, and retards the development of the desirable characteristics.

To Know

energy leaps across a cavernous void

synapsing, leading following;

patterns form reflecting real and illusory matter

influencing ommision, commision, and none of the above.