Fanatics
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 207 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever thought of the word fanatic? A fanatic seems to be someone who is the extreme, either way too far to the right or way too far to the left. When a person drives and they see someone in front of them, they always think that they drive too slow, and yet when they look back in their rearview mirror, they think that the person behind them drives too fast. So, basically, the one in front of me slows me down, but the one behind me actually is too close to me. We call them both fanatics.
We always think we are in the center. We’re not the one driving too fast or the one driving too slow, and so it is with most issues in life and most circumstances. If someone is way too far out, we call them fanatics. They are too religious or they’re too liberal, or too frivolous, they’re too frugal, they’re too conscientious, they’re too much of this or too much of that. (more…)