The Maturity Test – Spank Your Inner Child And Tell Him To Grow Up Or Else
Friday, April 30th, 2010The Maturity Test
Spank Your Inner Child And Tell Him To Grow Up Or Else
by preston
"Reality is like a fine wine; it will not appeal to children."
- Don Miller, Author of ‘Searching For God Knows What’
"When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child,
reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things."
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
There are two types of people in this world. Those who like Neil Diamond… and those who don’t.
This article has absolutely nothing to do with the sentence right above this one.
There are another two types of people in this world who actually specifically
matter as far as this particular article goes…
One type seeks to discover life as it truly is, no matter what the cost.
Reality is held in high esteem. Even if it hurts.
The other seeks to discover nothing; his only concern is to avoid pain
and experience pleasure. Kind of like… an animal. A really dumb one.
Like a buffoon. Reality is subconsciously avoided at all costs. It’s like kryptonite.
Just a whiff of it is enough to turn him into an ostrich.
For the former, the value of truth supersedes the value of a good time.
For the latter, complete delusion is chump change in return for the comfort it affords.
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"Ignorance is bliss."
- Cypher, The Matrix 1999
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Did you know that the majority of men out there in the scary scary world are
only men in terms of chronology? Inside… they are still boys.
Still looking for someone to take care of them, still holding on to fairy tales,
still believing the world is a playground.
These man-boys rarely have money, never get girls, usually whine, and love prison.
Children expect someone else to take care of them.
Mature adults take full responsibility for their lives.
Children believe in fairy tales and magical spells.
Adults know how complex life is and how hard they have to work in order to
see anything actually happen. They take the words "easy" and "simple" with a grain of salt.
Children tend to hate work and would rather play all day.
Adults embrace work as a way of life and find joy in it.
Children are naturally selfish. Adults… are naturally selfish too. : – )
But the mature ones work hard to not be.
Children see the world in very simplistic terms.
Adults know better than to believe there are 7 easy steps to ANYthing.
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"The simple believes every word; but the prudent considers his steps well."
- Proverbs 14:15
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It’s changing you. And the more you change, the more money you will naturally make.
Get It Out Of Your Head That Money/Success Is Of Primary Importance!
Until you begin to work harder on yourself than
you do on your business, success will elude you.
Why?
Because your outer world is nothing more than a reflection of your inner world.
Get your inner world right, and success will come as a byproduct.
Weak/Simple/Childish Inner World = Disaster In The Outer World
The world eats weak people for breakfast.
Heck, it eats them for mid night snacks while it’s sleep walking.
I just pictured a globe sleep walking and grabbing a miniature
alive person out of the fridge and eating it. Is that weird?
What will you do to strengthen your inner world?
95% of the world has the weak/simple/childish viewpoint.
Are you sure you’re not one of them?
Are you open to the possibility that you ARE one of them?
Closed minded people operate out of fear.
The 5% of people who do NOT have the childish viewpoint are probably
the most likely to read this article and think they’re part of the 95%.
Strange, huh?
Here is the bottom line, and I don’t care if this costs me a thousand subscribers:
God created YOU and He created this WORLD SYSTEM.
I think He knows how it works. I double dare you to start asking Him to
show you the truth about life. Heck, I TRIPLE dare you. But I warn you,
ask this question with any degree of faith, and He will answer it…
But it’s not gonna feel good.
Boys don’t become men without trial and suffering.
In some cultures they literally torture the boys during their initiation phases.
The Unites States is one of the only countries without an initiation tradition
for boys seeking to become men.
Hence all the people out there seeking Get Rich Quick schemes and being broke all the time.
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"Whoever works his land will have plenty to eat, but the one who chases unrealistic dreams has no sense."
- Proverbs 12:11
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Are you willing to suffer for the truth? Or are you happy with your head in the sand?
