HERE’S THE CALL

TO MY FELLOW LIONS:

May the power and grace of your strong and determined heart continue to be with you always! It’s really kinda hard standing all alone in the crowd. Oh wait, NO IT’S NOT! Perhaps one of my crowning achievements is knowing that I’m different and embracing it!

Herd mentality, mob mentality or pack mentality describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. When individuals are affected by mob mentality, they may make different decisions than they would have individually.

(The “Herd Mentality” via Wikipedia)

Didja catch that, people? “… rather than rational basis.” It takes strength, courage, and intelligence to run against or apart from a herd of weak pack animals that are wholly unable to think for themselves and live outside their own ignorance, oblivion, and conformity. I mean, don’t get me wrong. Not only are sheep cute, fluffy, super sweet, and valuable, there’s a reason they’re at the bottom of the food chain. They’re not exactly the brightest bulbs in the circuit board of life, and Darwin freakin’ nailed it when he called it “survival of the fittest”.

Now, get back up to the top of that mountain where you belong, ALONE BUT NOT LONELY IF YOU MUST! Let your mane flow in the breeze, keep your claws ever sharpened and out, and always be ready to swat away all those annoying fucking sheep if they try to slow your roll. Look down at your kingdom, breathe it in, then breathe it out, and laugh to yourself quietly as all the flies land on your SHIT and actually think it tastes good!

RAWWR!

LIONS

Today we live. Today we breathe. Today we know that we are strong when we are weak. Today we trust. We overcome. Take every chain that kept us slaves and throw em’ off. We’re not waiting for permission. We defy our inhibition like our middle name is “fearless”. Unafraid. If we’re gonna fly, we fly like eagles – arms out wide! If we’re gonna fear, we fear no evil. We will rise by Your power we will go. By Your spirit we are bold! If we’re gonna stand, we stand as giants. If we’re gonna walk, we walk as lions. WE WALK AS LIONS! Today is ours, it’s always been. Before we face the fight, we know Who’s gonna win! We live by faith and not by sight. We don’t want safe and quiet. We don’t wanna run and hide. This is not an intermission. It’s our time, not gonna miss it. You’ve already called us fearless. Unafraid. Everywhere we go, the battle has been won. We know You’ve gone before us. So, we’re taking hold of faith with every step we take. We know we’ll rise victorious! {Skillet}