As I was getting ready for another upcoming class that will teach me how to better kill people in a hurry while not getting shot, I was deciding on which rifles, which handgun, which type magazines, what ammunition to take, all of the usual decisions I make before a class. Whatever makes a person average is what makes that person not make these kinds of decisions. They’d be shocked that anyone would even consider such things. Their world doesn’t include violence or threats or self-preservation or self-sufficiency. If yours does include those things, then you by default are a lunatic. If you do manage to find a sheep who actually might listen to some advice, that attention span can be measured in seconds. Sheep don’t want to hear. Regardless of what’s said, you’re still crazy. How you look at the world is just too foreign for them to grasp.

What that means is when you dig yourself very deep into the skills and the mindset where you’re operating as a wolf, don’t expect that a lot of people are going to like you very much. It’s not that you will turn into something evil. You may become a lot more patient, actually. But, not to sound like I am throwing out some kind of Zen magic wisdom or other crap, I do think it is due to the aura that you will project out to others. I have touched on this last winter a time or two and it’s worth repeating. Stronger, better skills, more focus and self-assurance in your abilities all mean much more powerful self-confidence and that is exactly what wolves have. Others will feel that and they won’t like it. They will feel uncomfortable. What they do with that feeling is they will figure something must be wrong with you, you’re crazy.

What do you do with that? I don’t do a thing. If this is something that will cause you concern, though, then you should give it due consideration as needed. The kinds of skills and actions that I discuss tend to grow on some people and when you find that 10 years from now you are the one who is busy with classes on how to shoot people and you’re picking out ammunition like others choose pencils, it will be a bit late for introspection. If you choose to let the sheep think what they will about you, then enjoy thinking independently as a crazy paranoid lunatic, since that is what the sheep will think of you. Yet, when a situation does arise, you alone will be able to take care of the problem and continue with your life. I think standing around bleating is a crazy response, not shooting bad guys.