You see. I'm not stupid. I know the tactics people use whether to gain friends, or to draw a girl or guy closer to them. I know the tricks. I know the unconscious and subconscious strategies people use. I'm not intuitive enough or charming enough to even come remotely close to understanding girls, but I understand, to a degree, human wants and needs.
Besides. You know who is the master at these little games? 18 year old Dezzy (of course, her certain advantages allow her too much leeway). Who was trained by her, as her student? Me.
So when this girl I barely knew and just met started talking to me about guys out of nowhere I knew what she was trying to do.
Anyway, I'm not stupid though I'm not smart either. I'm intelligent. There's a difference to me. I can think two or three steps ahead. I can see how things will turn out. I can see what needs to be done. I'm confident that if I was thrown into a combat situation I would die just like any other soldier, but I can bet I'd take a few more people down with me.
The thing is, I lack the aggressiveness to get anything done. Yeah. Procrastination haunts me like any other human being. And even when I can see what needs to be done, sometimes I don't. And even when I can see the danger, sometimes I don't avoid it. That's where I am definitely not smart.
Of course, God hates an idle person. When the pioneers settled at Winter Quarters, and Pueblo, did they just wait it out for spring to come making make shift tents and crude shelter? No. They built full on houses and school houses, knowing fully well that they would just leave them when spring came. Why?
Especially the Mississippi/Pueblo saints. No one was coming behind them. They didn't have to think, "Well, we built it so that the Saints coming in behind us would have it nicer than us".
Was it out of gratitude? Was it because of the old habit "leave it better than when you found it"? Was it to "be prepared"? Was it because Saints are just naturally hard workers? Are you not a hard worker until you work hard even when working hard is not necessary? as Alyssa so thoughtfully pondered.
Why did the Pioneers and Saints give their max even when they knew that they were just going to abandon their towns come spring?
or, on a more personal level
Why work hard and give your maximum when you're just going to leave it all behind?
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Because you learn about yourself. You learn your skills and talents, you learn what you need to do, you learn how to cope with different situations. If we're never giving our all, how are we supposed to learn and grow?
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