I thought about this title, its concept and what it would actually entail if I decided to turn it into a book. I thought about it for many years, since 2011. After many sessions of self-reflection in the area of decision making and observing the decisions of others and the consequences of those decisions, I finally said to myself -- the time is now.
The necessity of such a book is vitally important in a time where it is the norm to want what we want and go after what we want by any means necessary. The problem with that is the desire to have what we want often overrides the importance of what we need. We hunger for the want at a rate much higher than that of the need, which usually results in filling the void of hunger with something or someone that ends up making us sick, or worse, and that is the poison cookie.
How many of you can remember when you were children playing with a set of blocks that came in an array of shapes, sizes, and colors? Some of the blocks had letters and others had numbers. Some were square, some were circular and some were triangular. The object of the set was to match the shape of the block with the shape of the hole on the base. The square goes in the square, circle in the circle, triangle in the triangle and so forth, right?
Well, for some strange reason the curiosity of the child gets the best of their common sense and they try to fit the non-matching block inside the non-matching hole -- like attempting to fit the square into the circle. Even upon discovering that the circle cannot accommodate the square they still try to make it fit. How many of us as adults do the same thing today? We see the red flag waving and warning us that it isn't going to work because it doesn't fit; yet, we ignore the red flag because what we want has taken precedence over what we need, regardless of how damning the effects of our actions may be.
Lets take a look at this from another angle by replacing inanimate objects (blocks) with animated objects (people). How often have you hungered for someone to feed the desire of 'want' that was burning inside your famished soul? How many times have you filled a space that was longing for its need to be met with that wrong somebody because you couldn't wait until you found the right somebody (circle with the circle) that fit comfortably inside your empty void?
Because we live in a microwave (impatient) society, the majority of us want what we want yesterday. We want to skip the virtue of exercising patience and going through the process of waiting, watching and making the right decision based on what we need (the correct shape) so we don't end up cheating ourselves by settling for the alternative, the substitute of what we need right now.
Sadly enough, the selfishness of denying yourself what you need for what you want inevitably sets you up to reap the unhealthy benefits of the poison cookie and all of its sickly side-effects. The hunger itself is not the problem. The problem emerges when we force the wrong block into the wrong hole in an attempt to make it work when it is obvious that the two do not match.
So not only does the hunger go unsatisfied, you are now in a state of physical and mental despair because you chose the alternative, you chose the poison cookie.
The parallel between the edges of the blocks being damaged and the human psyche and/or emotion suffering damage is they're both left in a deformed state due to forced assimilation.
In a nutshell, what I am saying is give yourself time to make the best possible decisions regardless of what the circumstances are. When the hunger pains show up, make sure you choose healthily a sustenance that will enhance your performance and not impede your progress. Remember, before a man (or woman) builds a house they must first sit down to count up the cost. For it is better to be safe than to be sorry when all it takes to be safe and avoid being sorry is giving yourself time to ensure that you're putting the circle inside the circle, the square inside the square, and the triangle inside the triangle -- the right shapes and pieces with the right shapes and pieces.
By Craig Samuels
5/5/2018
The necessity of such a book is vitally important in a time where it is the norm to want what we want and go after what we want by any means necessary. The problem with that is the desire to have what we want often overrides the importance of what we need. We hunger for the want at a rate much higher than that of the need, which usually results in filling the void of hunger with something or someone that ends up making us sick, or worse, and that is the poison cookie.
How many of you can remember when you were children playing with a set of blocks that came in an array of shapes, sizes, and colors? Some of the blocks had letters and others had numbers. Some were square, some were circular and some were triangular. The object of the set was to match the shape of the block with the shape of the hole on the base. The square goes in the square, circle in the circle, triangle in the triangle and so forth, right?
Well, for some strange reason the curiosity of the child gets the best of their common sense and they try to fit the non-matching block inside the non-matching hole -- like attempting to fit the square into the circle. Even upon discovering that the circle cannot accommodate the square they still try to make it fit. How many of us as adults do the same thing today? We see the red flag waving and warning us that it isn't going to work because it doesn't fit; yet, we ignore the red flag because what we want has taken precedence over what we need, regardless of how damning the effects of our actions may be.
Lets take a look at this from another angle by replacing inanimate objects (blocks) with animated objects (people). How often have you hungered for someone to feed the desire of 'want' that was burning inside your famished soul? How many times have you filled a space that was longing for its need to be met with that wrong somebody because you couldn't wait until you found the right somebody (circle with the circle) that fit comfortably inside your empty void?
Because we live in a microwave (impatient) society, the majority of us want what we want yesterday. We want to skip the virtue of exercising patience and going through the process of waiting, watching and making the right decision based on what we need (the correct shape) so we don't end up cheating ourselves by settling for the alternative, the substitute of what we need right now.
Sadly enough, the selfishness of denying yourself what you need for what you want inevitably sets you up to reap the unhealthy benefits of the poison cookie and all of its sickly side-effects. The hunger itself is not the problem. The problem emerges when we force the wrong block into the wrong hole in an attempt to make it work when it is obvious that the two do not match.
So not only does the hunger go unsatisfied, you are now in a state of physical and mental despair because you chose the alternative, you chose the poison cookie.
The parallel between the edges of the blocks being damaged and the human psyche and/or emotion suffering damage is they're both left in a deformed state due to forced assimilation.
In a nutshell, what I am saying is give yourself time to make the best possible decisions regardless of what the circumstances are. When the hunger pains show up, make sure you choose healthily a sustenance that will enhance your performance and not impede your progress. Remember, before a man (or woman) builds a house they must first sit down to count up the cost. For it is better to be safe than to be sorry when all it takes to be safe and avoid being sorry is giving yourself time to ensure that you're putting the circle inside the circle, the square inside the square, and the triangle inside the triangle -- the right shapes and pieces with the right shapes and pieces.
By Craig Samuels
5/5/2018
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good look Craig can't wait for the book!
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