There are different types of armor for both mental and physical protection. The fact is that some things work better than others to keep us safe while going through dangerous or unusual circumstances. There is a lot we can do for ourselves beyond blind faith and perseverance to ensure our continued existence. We can’t afford to be ignorant of the critical factors guiding and governing each circumstance we find ourselves experiencing. I like to think that there are more than a few references about anything in the world on the Internet. A bit of time researching any topic will better prepare us for handling most difficult circumstances. The more we know about a given circumstance, the better we are in a position to effectively manage more than mere survival.
I like to think that no one would take a test or drive a car without some sort of preparation. There literally isn’t anything that someone hasn’t done before or that someone hasn’t thought or written about on the Internet. In that sense, the Internet is the first best resource of information beyond what friends and acquaintenances might be able to offer. In fact, the Internet is more than just a reference library of facts. It is a social tool with other people who would be willing to answer questions or even do more to help out in any given situation. There are many people who would kindly help out in almost anything you can imagine, simply because they can do that, renumeration or not.
You might htink that there are a lot of crazies out in the world. The real truth is that people are not all that different. There are genetic pattens that all of humanity has to follow. It is that golden guide or template that stamps out it’s indellible mark on every human. As crazy as you might think of yourself, there are others out in the big world who have just as much difference or similarity according to their own genetic material. So, by using that sort of reasoning, there has to be another person at least who will be very much like you. And, the proof is that you have friends who have seen you in different parts of a city or country when you know you could not possibly have been there. We all have look-alikes running around doing much the same things that we would find ourselves doing.
I have a step-son who is in jail for eleven bank robberies. He admits to having a real drug problem and uses that as his excuse for the crimes. He could have possibly used the case that someone who looks like him was the real culprit running around committing crimes. In my junior high school years, there was another student who had the same name and same looks as I did. I couldn’t have believed that could happen between two separate families who happened to have the same last name. But, to have two separate people who were not identical twins actually appear to be so similar is not so far from the odds of possibility. It just happened to be a real coincident that the two of us were in the same grade, same physical features, but with different classes so that we never even ran into each other. We really did confuse the heck out of a lot of people until they smartened up and began to look for the differences between us. Oh.
I am sure that twin of mine took a lot of heat from me. I was accused of doing many things. I often used the excuse that it simply couldn’t have been me because I was doing something else at somewhere else. I was actually a going concern when it came to criminal activities. I was smart enough to steal without getting caught and I was always able to talk my way out of trouble, except for a few occassions when I was not so careful. The reason I was always so conscientious about my innocence was that the threat of seeing a social worker or worse of living out my life in a sanitarium was always hung over my head. I had to be an angel, bent halo or not.
When you are always looking over your shoulder for someone who should be there, you develop an almost paranoia sense of your surroundings. There are so many things that can be picked up in a scene if you are purposefully super aware as I had to always be. Anyone else would not be so conditioned out of fear to be as careful about appearances and alibis at any given moment. It proved to be a great asset for my own survival, especially when there were so many situations I was actually involved in.
By the time i was twelve years old, I was virtually an accomplished criminal although I was still considered an innocent. My mind and mental capabilities were peaked with curiosity more than opportunity to spread my little wings. I was actually independently dangerous and dilligent in my momentary purposes although my body had a long way to go to catch up with my mind. A few times I was actually questioned by the police about a particular crime, but I always maintained my innocence enough to be able to talk my way out of being accused. It was a great relief that my life took a turn after running away from home at the age of sixteen.
In retrospect, I don’t know how my life would have turned out had I made slightly different decisions all along the way throughout my life. Things could have easily swung a lot off course but for tiny changes in circumstances that would have otherwise proved very negative for me. For whatever reasons I was given an extra chance or allowed a certain amount more of leeway, it all added up to what made the big difference for me. I was able to endure my anguishes enough to escape into my adulthood. Once I was an adult, I had to contend with surviving Life in general, and that took all of my concentration and capabilities. Being an adult meant that reality was real, not a game, and I had respect and responsibility to live up to in many ways.
