Like a 4th brother to me he was not just the tall dark and handsome type, but he also had the natural athletic ability like none-other that I’ve seen to-date.
Blessed with the super-powers possessed by many animals in nature, he was fast as a gazelle, strong as an ox and tough as a razor-claw badger. But being stubborn as a mule and angry and uncontrollable as a bull would ultimately lead to his demise and undoing.
Stanley was his name and his story is a textbook example of how when we let our “inner green hulk of rage” rule and run our lives, it will ultimately lead to our ruin.
As a kid I vividly remember Stanley started coming around our house in the rough neighborhood of West Dallas, Texas. He was a delightful guy one year older than me and always looking to do something fun and adventurous with me and my brothers. He instantly bonded with the four of us and ultimately became like my Dad’s 5th son. It didn’t take long after that for his true colors and anger and unwavering need for control to rear its ugly head slowly over time.
A product of a rough upbringing, he was quick to defend his position and even quicker to release his pent-up rage on individuals who crossed him. If you were a good friend of his, your battles became his battles and I have several memories of him offering his unsolicited and unwelcomed aggression and rage in moments of tension and frustration in an attempt to solve a dispute or problem.
Football and Track were two sports that he excelled at and pound-for-pound few could match his speed and abilities on the track and on the gridiron. But as it were, not even the track or the aggression and controlled violence of the football field were enough to satisfy and quench his combative, confrontational thirst and pent-up rage. His chronic uncontrolled “anger” was only one letter away from “danger” and his inability to submit to authority and heed advice of others was propelling him down the wrong way on the tracks of life. His metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel was not a happy day, it was a big, fat train.
I would love to share the juicy details of Stanley’s amazing story and what was his transformational trigger-for-change but you’ll just have to get my book “Make it GREAT” when it’s released this November 2012, just in time for Christmas. His story is guaranteed to speak to you and/or someone in your family, friends or inner-circle.
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