FISH

There's a lot of conditioning that takes place in our lives
Don’t agree?
Look at the way you put toothpaste on your toothbrush
Check where you put your feet when you get out of bed
Worse, the 1st mail you look for on your pc
See?

Bottom line, there’s a lot of conditioning in our lives
However much we may want to deny it
It’s very difficult to rid our lives with routines
And so it is with how we view life situations
Change is sometimes very difficult
Especially when you were the leader of the pack
Instinct always wants to continue leading
Even if the pack is no more there
If the pack has a new leader you want to groom them to be a miniature you
It mayn’t be that bad but hey,
Let change take place
Let people grow up
Let people mature
You won’t always be there
Let them learn how to be self-sustaining just like you
As long as the rod is there for the plant to lean on
Chances are the spine will never be strong enough to support the plant when it bears fruit
The rod may remain for all of it’s life
Some won’t view it as peculiar
Coz that’s how they’ve always seen it
It won’t look normal when the rod breaks either
What won’t be normal is to see a full grown plant fall down coz it cannot carry the weight of its own fruit

Twisted analogy?

Not really

In life we need to let go and let the bruised kid get up on their own and figure out if they’ll cry or just wince with pain
Tough love it seems but we all need it
I’ve had it
I will let those under my umbrella know it
We all have to grow up some time

BUT…….

Grow on your own turf
Make your home in your own house
House rules are for your own house
Prune your own turf first then come tell me how to manage mine
Examples still apply in this day and age
BE an example and let others learn

Got lost somewhere BUT bottom line is
If a man wants fish, teach him how to fish so that you've fed him for a lifetime.