That reminds me of the following statement I've heard occasionally: "He's a self-made man." . . .
A phrase you'll never understand..... because you're NOT one
You CAN'T understand what you've not experienced.
Someday I hope you understand the phrase "until you've walked a mile in his moccasins"
A bit of introspection might be in order.
Back at you.....except that you're incapable of "introspection" in this regard because you're dealing out of your depth. You don't understand me nor my position. I KNOW you and hundreds like you, preachers all. When y'all start rarin up like mantis' squeeking "
better check yerself before ye reck yerself" it makes me sad... I'm a father. I have 8 living children all of whom are embarrassingly bright and capable and EVERY ONE OF THEM has spent a few years where you are...... somewhere between "
but Dad,you don't understand" and "
times have changed" and "
I've grown beyond you" .......
And believing it to be true. FEELING it's true.
And invariably, for decades my answer is a gentle "keep shaking those traces, keep on questioning your reality and most of all SHOW ME WITH LOGIC WHERE I'M WRONG"
As they grow, as they experience life they all come 'round because I raised them to THINK.They come to the realization that they're REALLY saying is "Dad, you' dumb, you' dim, you're misrepresentin'...."
And at some point it begins to be apparent that every road they travel....
Ol' Dad's ALREADY TRAVELLED..... cuz he's old....... he done been there/done that...... before you were BORN. So either he DUMB or perhaps I need to reconsider????
I've BEEN you..... preaching to others about how "they" should be.
I been wiped that aigg on my face and ultimately ate that crow for YEARS.....
I'm made happy when folks like you recognize truths, I'm saddened every time you wipe that egg on by preaching about things well beyond your ken.
An old guy is sitting on a bus when a millenial gets on. The punker's hair is red, green, yellow and orange. He has feather earrings and face tattoos......his clothes are ripped to shreds and multi-hued. Rainbow headscarf....
When he sees the old man peering at him, the says, "What you lookin at old man? Does my honesty bother you?"
"You thinkin' "what has the world come to?" old guy???" "
"
You can't understand me!!"
Old guy says "nahhhhh. One time in 'Nam I screwed a parrot on stage in a place off Bui Ven Street. It was a hazy time......I thought maybe you
were my kid."