Being a man from the Great North, I've conditioned myself to ignore strangers and avoid eye contact with people I don't know. To sum it up in a phrase: "stranger danger". I've been so successful with this that today I forgot to talk to strangers for most of the day. In fact I had many pleasant encounters with strangers today, but completely forgot to ask them this pivotal question. The question that I have chosen for this 30 day Blogrimage is "What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?"
So, since every time I saw a stranger my present mind was taken over with saturday morning cartoon commercial programming I had to run out to Home Depot at 8pm. I met a fellow named Brad who worked at the Home Depot, and he said that if he knew he couldn't fail, that he would run for Senate. When I asked if he was into politics or political science, he said, "No, but I would still run for Senate." Very interesting Brad. I expect during this pilgrimage that people will answer with things that they have always wanted to do, but never have. But Brad made an interesting point with his response, that he's not interested in politics, but that the first thing he would do would be to become a Senator. Interesting he didn't say the President, or a powerful business executive. Maybe he wants the power to change peoples lives, but doesn't want to lose too much touch with the needs. I'd love to hear any thoughts on Brad's response.
It would seem like a lot of work for something that you have no interest in . . . did you ask him why?!?
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why he wants to be in Senate. He wants someone who thinks like him--someone uninvolved with politics.
ReplyDeleteHow naive, Brad.
Maybe he is interested in changing peoples lives and thinks he would have to be senate to do that or something.
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