Are You Fulfilling Your Role AS Predator?

Even though man is a meat eater, we don’t hunt our meat anymore.

We have a reptilian brain that reacts to fight or flight. Some predators are the prey of other predators and need to have offense and defense. Animals that are prey have only defense.

The world acts on us from the time we are little. I am reading a book about the Judds the mostly mom and daughter singing duo. Naiomi was a single mother and then a single mother with two girls. She never had money and had to fend for herself.

Her good looks were a boon and a disadvantage as it opened doors and then made her prey to male employers. She was a waitress in the day and studied to be a nurse which she was eventually at night. But she always had dreams of a better life. Music became her path so then she had three pursuits in addition to raising two daughters.

When I surf I feel I am the predator looking for the right waves. Sometimes I am the prey as big waves trounce me. On some days I win most of the battles and on some days I lose most of the battles. Then I go out again the next day to win.

The world acts on us with global warming, the economy, taxes, and life’s circumstances. We often get beat down by so many battering winds. The human will is indefatigable. In the army and marines, Special Forces personnel are trained to withstand the most trying circumstances that few humans could endure. They are trained to perform in the most exhausting and stressful situations.

We really have no idea of what we are capable of achieving. We often give up before we find out. We become prey and we stop acting like predators. Dreaming and visions are the light at the end of the tunnel. They are the path of the predator.

What ever you want may be worth pursuing even if you never reach it. It is part of the human spirit to be a predator; to chase dreams.