Paradox and Contradictions

I have seen servants riding horseback like princes – and princes walking like servants!

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned. - Solomon (The King of Israel)

If. I like that word. In it lies all possibility. Imagination begins with the proper usage of that word. For example: “What if a building can bend?” With such questioning possibilities flood your mind.

So permit me, if you may, to use “if” to build a scenario for success:

MY THOUGHT-LINE: If I were the engineer behind the decision of who succeeds and who does not (as though there were some engineer behind it), I will ensure that good people succeed and bad people fail.

MY CASE-IN-POINT: Imagine the bliss that would saturate our world if only bad people failed in whatever they did!

EXPECTED RESULT: I would make good people succeed, put a broad smile on their faces and tickle their fancy once and again. For, why should the good fail?

But then again the problem with “If” is the word, “Not”. It so happens that I am not that imaginary engineer and so the last question can come just right, and oppositely, back at me: “Why should the good NOT fail?

With the paradox and contradiction of the good failing, many times woefully, I search possible answers to it.

POSSIBILITY #1: The good don’t read. Readers expand their minds. They think with a wider perspective and with considerable clarity than people that do not read. Readers set themselves up for success.

POSSIBILITY #2: The good are afraid to act. You can believe all you want that success is your birthright. If you do not act in line with your dreams you will remain in the realm of mediocrity. You must take the deep plunge; you must take a leap of faith!

POSSIBILITY #3: The good has not determined exactly what they want to be. Many people wander around in life without a clearly defined destination. Do you remember the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Now is a good time to answer it.

POSSIBILITY #4: The good is not focused. Focused living is the crux of successful living. If you will succeed in anything you must focus on it. Many good people are simply not focused enough to make any noticeable impact.

At the end of the day we may just find out that there is not contradiction in the failure of the good.