Scam Detector

Over the years, I have learned not to give my real­ity away. My real­ity con­sists of what I know and expe­ri­ence. It includes what I under­stand. It is open to fur­ther study — and that takes a lot of work. It would be eas­ier just to fol­low the lead of oth­ers and let them make all of life’s deci­sions for me. After all, it appears that is what most peo­ple do and it seems to work for them — at least for now.

The Lord has given me an amaz­ing scam detec­tor. I have had to exer­cise it to keep it strong, and it seems to be bless­ing me daily. I want to thank all of the Tele­phone and Inter­net sales peo­ple for help­ing strengthen this virtue — that is pro­gres­sively sav­ing me time and money.

The basics for the scam detec­tor rest in the life of Jesus. For exam­ple, when he said “the first will be last and the last will be first” he was mak­ing a keen para­dox­i­cal obser­va­tion. There are a few bil­lion­aires in jail…the last place I would want to be. They were first for a while in finance. There are also some of the for­mer elite liv­ing off pub­lic assis­tance — or worse. From the first of the line to the back of the line hap­pens as quickly as a hyper-child turn­ing around. From being cheered to being booed is only a mat­ter of a slight pitch in voice tone.

I have taken Jesus’ cue (he chose the ser­vant route). The back of the line is the place for me. From here I can see all ahead of me and learn from their mis­takes. Also, if this thing goes bad I am the clos­est to the exit. I can assure you, this “thing” (the world that every­one lines up to serve) is going to go bad…it always does.

No one sees you at the back of the line, but you see all of them. That also helps you when it comes time to help them. You are not in their trance. Remem­ber, they gave their real­ity away long ago and are march­ing like rats off a cliff (the “world” always takes more than it gives).

It is as easy for the poor to give their real­ity as it is for the middle-class or the wealth­ier. All you have to do is let some­one else do your think­ing for you. We have been “called out” so we can be more effective…to think for ourselves.