I'd have to say I enjoyed that story very much! It just seems like you left a lot out though... I'm wondering why you thought that they were such "hard hitters" or "old school underground mafia"... how could you tell they were crooks? I do not doubt you, just really intrigued by this story. Why didn't you take the Prez up on his offer? Do you want to do manual labor for the rest of your life? I would think getting involved with them would have raised your pay...
LOL! From reading a few of your stories it seems you are perceived as a leader, why not live it and embrace it??? Don't you think that you could make a difference in anything that would get involved in? I guess going through what I have, one thing I’ve learned is that perception is everything… and if that is the way the majority perceives them, then that is the way “they are”.
Very good questions/points you bring up brother... have been "re-examining" some things about myself ever since I read this lol... strange how a person can get caught up in life and forget things... Life can be way, way more complicated than it would seem sometimes...
As for this particular union... I have learned enough to respect people's business... which is not a business I want any part of... rest assured however, there are things that go on behind the scenes that a moral human being would have no part in.
Disclaimer: What I say here, now, is from the heart as best as I can describe... exposed for all to see, I am who I am, strengths and weakness', hopefully not yet all I might be.
... As for my peculiar character/personality type.... I have
yet to understand what/who I am/could be/should be thus far in life... what I DO know... is that my whole life, I have been inspired by the challenge of winning the minds of those around me....
even if it is a people I have no interest in leading necessarily, "the game" quite simply draws me in... Drop me off by parachute over Mogadishu, Somolia with nothing but the clothes on my back... and stand back for a good show
THIS is what drives me... the CHALLENGE of the game... a game I am VERY, VERY good at.
... I apologize, in that, this is a very consuming, introspective subject for me right now... have been trying to avoid dealing with it for the last few years, but I am glad that Ryan has spurred me to revisit this... still trying to understand how to "harness" what natural gifts the Lord gave me... as an ever forcibly increasing "realistic pessimist" in this life... "what I would like to do" and "what I have to do" differ greatly....
I will most likely add to this randomly as moments of lucidity tend to come to me in "spurts" these days lol
Thankyou for making me think RyanTBH
