Arrogant, Shortsighted and Stupid!

We had our first hard freeze of the year and I have to tell you, I'm not impressed.  When I was younger I really liked the cold weather and wanted snow a lot.  Now that I'm getting older, I'm not so thrilled with the thought of cold weather especially if I have to go out in it.  Though I have to tell you I'm not a fan of hot weather either.  April; I like the weather in April, and maybe a nice October.  If I could find a place where the weather was like that all year around I would so be there.

All the planning in the world isn't the same as actually living the plan.  The canning we did this year is in fact helping with the grocery bills but...  There's always a but...  with daughter and family here now, we had to adjust the amount we canned.  My calculations were just a tad off.  Ok a lot off, but we know how much we canned and can calculate what we have, the length of time it takes us to use it and find the difference we will need for next year.  Luckily we only have four months until spring and we can start all over again.

Some would say that our miscalculation was a mistake.  Not learning from our miscalculation is where the mistake would be, however being able to learn and to adjust is crucial.  I say all this because I am dumbfounded by the amount of folks who are willing not to learn.  How can I say this without offending?  I can't, so here it goes.  Very rarely will you be a complete success by yourself and you will never be a success if you rely solely on yes men.  Meaning one sided, your side, unable to intelligently discuss the cons to your pros.  This is shortsighted, arrogant and stupid.  Yes I know stupid is a hard word, but it is an accurate word.  Thinking you and you alone have all the answers to the woes of the folks is stupid.

Thinking folks can't think for themselves leads to the second word, arrogant.  Arrogance is thinking you know what works better for the folks then they do.  I will agree there are those among us who make poor choices in life.  Lets face it, all of us one time or another made a poor choice but that's how we learn.  Believing you should take care of us so we won't make poor choices is arrogant.

Now for our first word shortsighted.  How shortsighted must you be to think everyone needs the same things in life?  How can you believe a sixty year old mans needs are the same as a twenty year old young woman?  How shortsighted is it to believe one is more valuable than the other and how shortsighted is it to believe everyone should and will conform to your way of thinking?  Ok maybe that last one belongs under arrogant; you can choose for yourself, at least for a little while longer.

May GOD save us from our elected leaders.

Have a safe and blessed day.