I know I ask an awful lot of the handful of real BUGSERS.
You do your work alone and unappreciated, two things I have learned to take for granted. This is because you get POWER for doing things like that. There are a lot more people available to get praise or names for themselves or even to march in a group. That is why the very, very few like me WIELD so much real power.
Unfortunately very few people can keep on doing things entirely because they NEED doing. The only really anonymous donors are people who are too rich to care about enhancing their names.
How many people hit the Internet with the Mantra and report back here? We dream of White Rabbit’s goal of 300, but the real number now is probably about 50.
Yet those fifty are spreading the Mantra around the world.
I promised you real power, but I also warned you about the price.
From Norway comes word that they are grouping together. One of our folks has set up a BUGS Circle.
Obviously we desperately need TEAM SPIRIT.
I have worked alone all my life, and I do NOT recommend it for most people.
FIRST, you pay your dues by posting and REPORTING it, as White Rabbit says.
But we also desperately need some sense of BELONGING, some TEAM SPIRIT.
When someone asks you to back them up in an ongoing battle, GO. When someone asks you to “approve” one of his postings, DO IT.
Add a little report that you did. Talk to the BUGSER you just helped, very briefly, right here on the Swarm “Where did you post the Mantra Today?” which to me is far the most important part of BUGS now.
The Legions had the pilum, the soft sword and discipline. But they were also TOGETHER. They couldn’t have done what they did without pride of membership and the feeling of BELONGING.
#1 by Dave on 02/16/2012 - 12:11 pm
Self-esteem and confidence are two separate things entirely. Most people get these matters all confused and that is why “morale” and “teamwork” tumble into such BS subjects.
“Morale” is for weaklings: There ain’t nothin worth doing where you can keep your dignity.
Confidence comes from Robert Whitkaker’s mind, which is one the best minds in the world. And at the end of the day that’s all you need. Confidence.
#2 by shari on 02/16/2012 - 1:02 pm
One thing about getting older is that if a light does go on, I don’t get a smart feeling from it. I realize that either I should have seen that before or it makes me see how much else I don’t know.
I know I’m not a strong link here, but I don’t care. I see this as the right thing, so I just do what I can.
#3 by herrMajor on 02/16/2012 - 4:34 pm
Well Bob,
Working alone is the worst thing in the world, our race lives TOGETHER, and DIES APART.
You have been a single fountain from which we drink, a learning that teaches us with every drop on a page.
It’s important to give each other back up Shari, that’s why I’m here to help you, and Gar5 is, and meawhiterabbit is, and Lord Nelson is. We are all here to help EACH OTHER. THAT IS WHAT MAKES US A TEAM.