Very good stuff here brothers! I've worked union most of my live and have seen frist hand the good and the bad with it. I think of it like this the person is what they are from the start. If you don't have any morels or self respect than it's very easy to find something to hide behind . Weather that be a union or something else. Jmo thank y'all.
First off, I do not want this to come accross as me thinking I'm a "know it all"... I know I'm only 27, but I've seem some chit in my years I promise. I'm thinking of this from a point of leading or should I say not following.... if he could tell that the people behind it were crooks, and the majority of the peers wanted to nominate him for prez, then why not??? I mean, I understand why not and agree, but I'm thinking more principals here... If these are your natural abilities, and you have an opportunity to follow or peruse them, then why not? He is as I am, of course at different ages, but at a very similar point in our lives... ( i think ) trying to figure out why it is that we feel the way we do. I feel that I am here for something much bigger than myself. I know who I am, what kind of person I am, what I am capable of, but knowing what that purpose is for or about is what the big question is.
This statement said it all to me, and stuck out to me drastically.
" 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 personally think that this is a state of denial... I think that Noah is a leader, and just doesn't want to admit it to us or himself
; and I also think that it IS this way whether you like it or not sometimes. When you are given a state of mind like this you need to be able to embrace it, and learn how to let it lift you and those around you up. I don't know, maybe I'm talking out of my arse, but think about all the people that have had similar thoughts of a bigger meaning and purpose, any of em... think about where this world would be had they not had them and followed them. Yes, there will be a few that have done unimaginable things to humanity, but on the other hand, there are people who have given their all for this idea/thought/feeling of the known but yet unknown. I really don't know how else to put it. I’m not trying to put Noah out there on blast, and I do not know him personally; but I do empathize with the feeling of the known but unknown and understand the want to figure it out. It bothers me every day… I think that this is the struggle for every man at some point in his life, and the decision and final resolution made from this struggle determines who and what type of person/man you really are.
And I may be wrong about all of this, but it's the way I feel and I at lease know that is real. I don't see it as not having morals and hiding behind anything, but more of bringing it to light enough to be able to analyze it time after time after time. If you know who you are, what you love and are good at and follow that, I think, that you are much richer of a person than most and blessed for it. Because at that point, you are not only helping yourself, but you're also helping all of those around you that you are involved with. To make your life better is not necessarily easy, but is convenient... but to make others’ lives better and more bearable is a blessing in disguise.
Noah, once you've figured out what it is that you are supposed to do in this life I wish you the best luck doing it man. I have been struggling with this IDEA for a couple years now, and it's beginning to drive me a little nuts. One thing I do know is, when you figure out YOU, the rest will fall into place; but YOU is the first key to that puzzle. Good luck and God Speed!!!
