Choices

Do you have it?

It can evolve from many experiences.  Some men are born with it.  Some cultivate it.

The response to it is always interesting.  Offer a 1000 yard stare to a Warrior and you'll have it returned, and it may go anywhere from there.  Offer it to a general Citizen and you will usually instill a level of fear that he can't handle very well.  Offer it to a Cubicle Rat and you may be responsible for a refill on his Happy Pills.

It is very interesting when you offer it to a lawyer who thinks he is invincible...because his mortality is suddenly on display for his own assessment, and he can't reconcile the power he has in the courtroom with the utter vulnerability he has in the real world.

The 1000 yard stare conveys one thing: I'm ready, willing and quite able to kill you...and I may want to do it.

The man or woman who is capable of the 1000 yard stare usually doesn't sweat the small stuff (and it is all small stuff) unless he chooses to engage on the superfluous. 

Are you angry about the world around you?  Cope.  Do not let Them take you out of play by baiting you into a silly Ruckus.  Let every act that offends you fester and burn in your heart, ripening and waiting for the proper moment to be released.  Don't swing on the TSA Useful Idiot.  Let the rage of his violations build inside you until it's time...

It is silly to quibble.  If you are baited on a blog, let it ride until you decide to get even - then make it count.

Remember, the Internet is immortal. 

If you finally reach your One Man Ruckus moment, make it epic.

Until then, do the best you can do to live a life that lets you look into your own heart and be comfortable with what you see there.

Resist!

Now!

Kerodin

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