The Courage To Face The World As It Is

I am smart, not because I am a genius--I am intelligent enough but am no genius--but because God has blessed me with the gift of courage to face the world as it is. Once one overcomes that hurdle, then one begins to inspect, study, classify, categorize and provide generalizations and theories to explain emerging patterns evincing themselves from the available data.

Ruminating about data, sensing the importance emerging trends, and detecting the conclusions to be derived from all this mental activity, can make one smarter about how the world works.

I ave never felt that people lacked intelligence or ability. I have always known that they were dumbed down by their lack of courage to face facts, by their unwillingness to leave their groups to think and live on their own. Group life is where what people feel is more important than what is logical. Group life is where the popular lie holds sway for an unpopular truth held by a lonely outsider.

To be a good person is to lead a decent and holy life. One must be smart and int ouch with God and the truth to know how to proceed as an ethical and spiritual person. The courage to be and to think makes all of that possible.