June 27, 2010, 2:22 AM
This is quite long, and more of a vented idea than a poem, I will make no excuse for calling it any more than an idea...In my mind, only 3 types of people.
Slackers
Thinkers
And Builders.
Its pretty easy to figure out which each of them do, but its what happens between them, that makes them different.
Slackers slack.
Thats all they do.
They dont complain.
They dont lift a finger.
They are here.
They slack.
Builders build.
They think about what they are building,
And they build it.
If it is flawed,
Then they remember that for next time,
And they build it differently from then on.
And then there are thinkers.
I am not talking about scientist,
Or brain surgeons,
Or engineers,
Who think about what they are building,
And then build it,
Or even the ones that think about it,
And then give their ideas to be built,
For they are still building,
But having others build it for them.
I am talking about "Thinkers".
The ones that think about a problem after it has happened,
And then critizize the builders for letting it happen.
The ones that bitch and complain,
Without so much as even lifting a finger to help.
What the hell are they complaining about?
Alright.
Say a Builder is building a house,
He has thought about it,
He has dedicated himself to it,
And he is building it
Simple enough,
Right?
OK...
Lets say a Thinker is there,
Watching the Builder build,
And notices the Builder misses a brick.
(Unlikely, I know, but just go with it.)
Now,
The Thinker has two options:
Inform the builder he has missed a brick,
Or even so much as get up,
And go place the brick himself.
OR:
Sit there,
And do nothing,
And complain about it.
What would happen in either case?
Well...
If the Thinker gets up to help,
Then that Thinker has just become a Builder.
For he took time to help build something,
Instead of sitting there.
But...
If the Thinker just sits there,
Then thats all that the Thinker is ever going to do.
He will sit there,
And bitch about it,
When he cannot blame anyone but himself,
For he CHOSE NOT TO HELP!
I should probably take this back a few steps...
OK...
So the brick is missing,
Then what?
The house loses heat when its cold outside,
And loses its cold when its hot outside.
So the family is miserable.
(Thats probably exaggerating a bit too much, but it gets the point across)
Had the Thinker helped,
And combined ideas with the Builder,
To make the house better,
Then IF it fails,
They would both be to blame.
Had the Thinker just sat there,
And complained,
Then he has NO REASON TO COMPLAIN.
He didnt help,
So its not his problem.
The Builder is the only one who can blame the Builder.
Only when the Thinker helps,
Can he blame someone.
Until then,
He cant.
For the Builder planned it out,
And the Thinker does not know,
What was on the Builders mind,
Or how the Builder planned to do it.
He does not know how the Builder was raised,
What kind of week,
Month,
Or day that Builder has had,
Only that he saw the Builder building.
The thinker cannot say what he would have done,
What he could have done differently,
Because HE DID NOT HELP,
And HE IS NOT THE BUILDER!
For until he lives the Builders life,
And thinks how the Builder did,
He cannot say what he would have done that the Builder didnt.
Thats it,
There is nothing more that the Thinker could have done,
Other than sit there and watch.
NOTHING.
I have left out the Slacker in most of this,
Becuase that is all s/he does,
Is slack.
They pay no mind,
They just go with the flow.
They are the mutuals.
Neither Thinkers,
Nor Builders.
Just Slackers.
But,
To put it in simpler words,
For all that want a quick read:
A Builder builds,
And can blame him/her self/themselves.
A Thinker bitches about what happens after,
Or during,
The Builders build.
When the Thinker helps,
S/He becomes a Builder,
And can them blame what has happened.
If the Thinker does not help,
Then the Thinker can only blame him/herself,
For not being a Builder.
Slackers
Thinkers
And Builders.
Its pretty easy to figure out which each of them do, but its what happens between them, that makes them different.
Slackers slack.
Thats all they do.
They dont complain.
They dont lift a finger.
They are here.
They slack.
Builders build.
They think about what they are building,
And they build it.
If it is flawed,
Then they remember that for next time,
And they build it differently from then on.
And then there are thinkers.
I am not talking about scientist,
Or brain surgeons,
Or engineers,
Who think about what they are building,
And then build it,
Or even the ones that think about it,
And then give their ideas to be built,
For they are still building,
But having others build it for them.
I am talking about "Thinkers".
The ones that think about a problem after it has happened,
And then critizize the builders for letting it happen.
The ones that bitch and complain,
Without so much as even lifting a finger to help.
What the hell are they complaining about?
Alright.
Say a Builder is building a house,
He has thought about it,
He has dedicated himself to it,
And he is building it
Simple enough,
Right?
OK...
Lets say a Thinker is there,
Watching the Builder build,
And notices the Builder misses a brick.
(Unlikely, I know, but just go with it.)
Now,
The Thinker has two options:
Inform the builder he has missed a brick,
Or even so much as get up,
And go place the brick himself.
OR:
Sit there,
And do nothing,
And complain about it.
What would happen in either case?
Well...
If the Thinker gets up to help,
Then that Thinker has just become a Builder.
For he took time to help build something,
Instead of sitting there.
But...
If the Thinker just sits there,
Then thats all that the Thinker is ever going to do.
He will sit there,
And bitch about it,
When he cannot blame anyone but himself,
For he CHOSE NOT TO HELP!
I should probably take this back a few steps...
OK...
So the brick is missing,
Then what?
The house loses heat when its cold outside,
And loses its cold when its hot outside.
So the family is miserable.
(Thats probably exaggerating a bit too much, but it gets the point across)
Had the Thinker helped,
And combined ideas with the Builder,
To make the house better,
Then IF it fails,
They would both be to blame.
Had the Thinker just sat there,
And complained,
Then he has NO REASON TO COMPLAIN.
He didnt help,
So its not his problem.
The Builder is the only one who can blame the Builder.
Only when the Thinker helps,
Can he blame someone.
Until then,
He cant.
For the Builder planned it out,
And the Thinker does not know,
What was on the Builders mind,
Or how the Builder planned to do it.
He does not know how the Builder was raised,
What kind of week,
Month,
Or day that Builder has had,
Only that he saw the Builder building.
The thinker cannot say what he would have done,
What he could have done differently,
Because HE DID NOT HELP,
And HE IS NOT THE BUILDER!
For until he lives the Builders life,
And thinks how the Builder did,
He cannot say what he would have done that the Builder didnt.
Thats it,
There is nothing more that the Thinker could have done,
Other than sit there and watch.
NOTHING.
I have left out the Slacker in most of this,
Becuase that is all s/he does,
Is slack.
They pay no mind,
They just go with the flow.
They are the mutuals.
Neither Thinkers,
Nor Builders.
Just Slackers.
But,
To put it in simpler words,
For all that want a quick read:
A Builder builds,
And can blame him/her self/themselves.
A Thinker bitches about what happens after,
Or during,
The Builders build.
When the Thinker helps,
S/He becomes a Builder,
And can them blame what has happened.
If the Thinker does not help,
Then the Thinker can only blame him/herself,
For not being a Builder.
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