Inspiration through failure....and telepathic midgets

Failure is inevitable. Embrace it, learn from it, get past it. I'm going to sound like a motivational speaker, but to be a winner is to be unafraid of losing, to turn failure into inspiration, to strive to never let such a failure happen again.

With that in mind, this past semester went pretty bad, where the last month of the semester I was pretty sure I was going to fail every class. No exaggeration. Luckily, I somehow managed to come out with a 3.0 gpa for the semester, I seriously don't know how that happened, I guess talking to the professors throughout the semester and building a working relationship with them actually does influence what grade they give you. Nonetheless, from the week before thanksgiving up to new years day, my life was ruled by fear and "wtf am I gonna do now" type mentalities.

I digress tho, what I want to discuss here, is how motivating it would be to have a telepathic midget follow you around everywhere. His sole purpose would be to read your thoughts, and whenever he sensed fear or laziness clouding your judgment, he'd dragon kick you in the shins until you submit to his will, thus reminding and inspiring you to get back up and focus on the task at hand, and to not be bullied by life. I'd prefer my telepathic midget to look like Willow. He could switch up his attack routine every now and again by jabbing me in the gut with his lil wand stick thing, or throwing hardened brownies in the shape of Brownies at my throat. Instead of saying "thats not possible" or "that can't happen" you should say "How could I get my own telepathic midget?", such a train of thought opens the mind, instead of closing it, as the former statements would do.



The telepathic midget would be perfect for everything. For exercising, you could put the midget on your back, for a weighted run. You could use the midget as a weight or medicine ball, like mothers sometimes do with their newborns. For studying, he'd be a great help. A lot of people study by debating with their own mind a certain subject. With a telepathic midget on hand, you could bring such mental debates out into reality, where you'd act the one side of your brain, and the midget would read the other half of your mind and present its case. The auditory reception of your own thoughts would help you retain the information your learning, something you could never get from just mental debates.

You would not fear the midget, because hes just a midget. He'd just get annoying at most, to drive you past your fear and laziness towards greater things, as "discontent is the first step of man or nation towards greatness". The elimination of fear opens up so many possibilities for you. In apocalypto the guy was able to fight off the remaining evil mayans when he had no more fear. Its why Machiavelli says "since fear and love can hardly co-exist, it is better to be feared than loved" because fear paralyzes the people. Arnold Scrwenagger was only able to defeat the predator when he overcame his fear. Tom Cruise profoundly said "F it" when he overcame his fears of the risky business he was about to undertake, realizing win or lose he'd still have come out ahead of everyone else who never risked anything.

So take risks; smart, useful ones tho.