Impateint

 

On Page 93 of his book, The Passionate State of Mind, Eric Hoffer has two entries which I quote and then comment on.

 

Hoffer:  “         163

 

Some generations have patience and some are without it. This is one of the crucial differences between eras. There is a time when the word ‘eventually’ has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn.”

 

My response: People are naturally conservative and do not like embracing change or progressing, but, once a people become frustrated, and a mass movement is beckoning, the times, they are a-changin.

 

 

Hoffer:  “         164

 

We are not truly worried about our footing we are about to jump. It is when we have nowhere to jump that we begin to worry about the soundness of our position. Those who go places give no thought to security.”

 

My response: Hoffer seems to be saying that nonindividuators going nowhere with no dreams and no pursuit of these nonexistent dreams, they are going to worry excessively about their present day security to protect what does not exist, or is so paltry as being unworthy to protect.

 

Maverizers, going somewhere from somewhere, worry not too much about security—they just get going forward, and make adjustments on the fly as things unfold.