Talk Is Cheap. When A Loner Wants To Stay A Loner.

 "I've been involved in Samson Society meetings for two years now.  I know it's time to actually begin to follow The Path."

I hear this statement from a Samson brother, and my heart rejoices.  For it was right at one year before I began to take The Path seriously (back in December of 2015).  In fact, I relayed to the men at this past Wednesday night's meeting that I was very close to making a discreet exit from the Jackson, MS Samson Society before turning the corner in this regard.

Attending meetings / after-meetings (meals at restaurants) is exciting.  The comradery, in particular, is energizing, but before long, there's this text in the Samson Society charter that's continuing to stare each of us in the face.  

And most men, I would argue, do not walk through the entire procedural narrative baked into The Path (though some very much do).  And that's fine.  But, at a minimum, we should obtain a Silas and detail our story to him - in all its gory detail - "warts & all" -  prior to working out the specifics of walking forward together.

Unfortunately, it's this Silas connection that can be such the stumbling block for loners.  Because firstly, they have to actually ask another man to be this for them.  And this, of course, runs counter to how a loner typically operates.

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Hiding my true self from everyone around me was simply the de facto approach I was forced to take, growing up here in Mississippi.  I wasn't one to have dreams of greener pastures elsewhere as I aged into manhood.  Therefore, never did I consider an out-of-state college career, nor, following college, looking for work beyond the boundaries of Mississippi.  Hence, I learned to make peace with the notion of being alone with who I truly was on the inside here at home.

And this worked well 'till I fell in love with my soon-to-be wife at the tail end of my college career.  For I didn't want her nor my parents to be in the dark as to what I was truly dealing with internally; all during this joyous occasion (first romantic love) that was killing me on the inside.

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I think too, overall, I really do now enjoy vetting individuals via how they react to my story.  Truth can moderate really well, and I'm all about attempting to gauge where other people stand in relation to hard / uncomfortable realities.  For me, I did this with Bob & Darlene initially, and they reacted beautifully.  From there, it's been all downhill.

So, loners unite!  Move forward with The Path soon, and make a point to find a Silas today.  You won't regret it.