Perspectives: The Lone Wolf, The Shepard, The Sheep, and The Dumb Ass

Lone Wolf (noun): a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

Shepherd (metaphorical): Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.

Sheep (noun): A docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision.

Dumb ass (noun/slang): A thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.



There appears to be a person in every work place and in life that has nothing better to do than to attempt to question the integrity of the Lone Wolf. Such attempts are a common way of life for Lone Wolf, especially in a workplace environment. The Lone Wolf takes these attempts to his integrity as challengers, which is okay to accept those challenges. But, when the challengers are not being played on an even field of strategy, then the Lone Wolf must ponder on what courses of actions to make against that dub ass person. To put it simply, must the next courses of actions be made from the perspective of a Lone Wolf, the shepherd, or a sheep. Each are good strategies in their own ways. But, each of those courses of actions also have their own shortcomings.

The Lone Wolf's perspective-
No matter what a person's race, sex, age, or sexual preferences, a dumb ass is still a dumb ass. The Lone Wolf already knows that violence is never the way to solve any problems with another person, even a dumb ass person. But, damn it would feel good for the Lone Wolf to reap some type of physical retribution on that dumb ass anyway. But, this is not the time and the place or the situation that have risen physical actions being taken against the dumb ass.

Violence at any level would only end badly for the Lone Wolf. No dumb ass is ever worth loosing their job over them. Yet, the Lone Wolf already lost his composure over what the dumb ass did to him. So, the dumb ass managed to win this first strategic insult to the Lone Wolf's integrity. But, "anything that does not kill the Lone Wolf makes him stronger..." The Lone Wolf knows that this matter with the dumb ass will pass. So, the Lone Wolf believes that this situation with the dumb ass calls for more mental resolution than physical. Even though the Lone Wolf is very capable of finding a mental resolution to the dumb ass's issues with him.

With this in mind, the Lone Wolf must allow "The Shepherd" to review the next possible courses of actions to resolve this matter with the dumb ass. Unlike the Lone Wolf that tends to more of an aggressive reflexive response when back into a corner or injured, "The Shepherd" tends to take a more calmer approach to handling a situation with someone.

The Shepherd's perspective-
Even though the center of the insult to the Lone Wolf's integrity is a dumb ass's unknown issues with him, the Shepherd attempts to see the whole situation from a third person's perspective of, "Why does this dumb ass continues to have issues with whatever the Lone Wolf asks of him. But, the Lone Wolf does not have issues with the dumb ass whenever he for assistance with something?"

The Shepherd attempts to stand back and review all the information that was gathered up to this point about the dumb ass. The Shepherd attempts to figured out "why" the dumb ass person behave in such a untrustworthy way towards the Lone Wolf. And, the Shepherd then attempt to find ways for the Lone Wolf to find a more mental and peaceful of dealing with potential future problems from the dumb ass. For the record, neither the Lone Wolf nor the Shepherd dislikes the dumb ass person in a negative way. To them, the dumb ass is more "pitied" than despised. What would cause a person to want to continue to cause such drama around the work place?

There are enough negativity in life to deal with without having to worry about a coworker constantly finding way to stab another in the back in order to feel better about them self or some other unknown reason. The dumb ass should know this fact of life, especially at his age. Regardless of why the dumb ass choose to take this course of action against the Lone Wolf in such an insulting and demeaning fashion, the Shepherd thinks that the last resort may be more positive in strategy then the last two previous options. Sometimes it is just better to just lead by example to resolve a situation. Sometimes, it is better to turn the other cheek, and do nothing in response to dumb ass's insult to one's integrity. And, when it is one of those times, one must follow the perspective of "The Sheep".

The Sheep's perspective-
"The Sheep" is usually the least confrontational and mentally demanding of the three ways to handling a dumb ass person in life. The Sheep sees the dumb ass person for who they really are: "a hater". And, if a hater can't best you on an even field of strategy, then a hater usually resorts to "back door tactics" to try to bring their rival down. The Sheep has learn from experience to just allow "Karma" to handle things. From the Sheep's perspective, "No deed goes unnoticed or unpunished." Until then, the sheep learns to just keep it professional with those types of dumb asses at the work place. That is what a dumb ass usually does not expect the Lone Wolf to response to his insulting ways towards him.

The Sheep leads by example by continuing to graze in the same field where their fellow sheep may have been slaughtered by a predator. The Sheep may feel some type of loss for their fellow sheep. But, the Sheep also realize that tomorrow is another day. "Life goes on." Even a dumb ass can't change that spirit of the Sheep. With this view towards life, a sheep usually wins over a dumb ass on an even field of strategy. If the dumb ass attempts to make things difficult for a sheep, then he is heavily viewed by other of the flock as the "negative influence" in the workplace.

The beautiful thing about dub asses, they never learn to stop f*cking with sheep until "Karma" has to step into the field of strategic to makes things more equal again. Without the Sheep falling to the dumb ass's chaos, the dumb ass must straighten up and fly right, or must eventually be forced to move to another location for his constant disruptions to the flow of the work place. The Lone Wolf will be alright following from the Sheep's perspective towards dealing with life's dumb asses...

Retrospect: Lone Wolf on dealing with the hardships in life...

Even the Lone Wolf is susceptible to running into hardships in life. But, Lone Wolves do not have the time to remain upset and wine about things that have already occurred. A Lone Wolf must get up and continue on their journey. In a sense, a Lone Wolf must endure through the hardship and make it to the other side of perseverance. This must be the Lone Wolf's way. In a Lone Wolf's life, having a special someone to share their struggles through a hardship is usually not an option for him.

The Lone Wolf understands that enduring hardships as if there will be no else to share his struggles with may be his final destiny in life. A life that the Lone Wolf chosen for himself to live. To the Lone Wolf, there is no long time to pity one's self or others. Pity is a wasted emotion that still does not deal with a current hardship at hand. According to the Lone Wolf, one must not fall to self pity or depression and force them self up from the struggles that bounds them. In the Lone Wolf's world, one must come to stand up against something or one will always fall down to anything in life. This is the Lone Wolf's philosophy in life.

Everyone falls down in life. IT is call "hardships" for a reason. Everything in life can't be that easy to deal with. IT would be nice to never have a worry, or to never have a want or need. But, the Lone Wolf deals with realism instead of fantasy in his life. One must be willing to make the hard choices and sacrifices in life. Or, one would never learn to become mentally and emotionally stronger after enduring life's hardships. The Lone Wolf accepts hardships as a test of one's ability to cope with problems. Some are natural at their problem solving skills, while others choose to continue with the drama that comes with not wanting to find way to eventually be rid of their hardships (self pity).

The Lone Wolf is very willing to take as many "baby steps" towards handling a hardship, as long as those baby steps are still heading towards a positive result of the situation. Patience is another virtue that the Lone Wolf must possess towards dealing with a hardship. Not all hardships can be solved in a day. But, the Lone Wolf would never get out of his bed each morning if he did not think that he will be able to endure whatever hardships that may enter his life. This is the Lone Wolf's prospective towards the hardships that comes into his life from time to time...

Retrospect: Lone Wolf on the Lone Wolf

At his simplest description, he is as down to Earth as one should be. He will never be regarded as a complicated person. According to him, life is too short for things to be complicated.
He lives to helps those that are in need of help. He speaks his mind when the occasion causes him to do so. And, he knows when to only listen when another is only seeking an ear to her their story. He sees people as two sets of entities: Either you are a part of the solution, or a part of the problem. No one person is better than the other. And, he does not have the time to deal with those that rather dwell in drama than in ways to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. And, he believes that one should keep things real about themselves.

He rather deal with those who are team players. Whiners needs to keep on moving out of his way. And, you are wasting his time trying to make him apart of your own person agenda against someone. Assisting with gossip of any kind usually leads to more unnecessary problems. So, he attempts to not participate in such rituals. It sometimes get hard for him to figure out who really like him as a person or for just what he can do for them. As long as he continues to satisfy those whom came to his aide, he will continue to work until he is no longer an asset to his place of employment.

He really does not know if he will ever meet his soulmate in life. He still has not given up hope of doing so. But, he is definitely not ready to start settling for the next best thing because he has not crossed paths with his potential soulmate, yet. He still believes that love will be apart of his life. He still believes in destiny. And, he is still open to maybe having children one day with his soulmate. But, he is okay with spending the rest of his life without children is his soulmate does not wish to have children. Spending the rest of his life in bliss with soulmate is more important to the Lone Wolf's happiness.

As he finish packing to wander again in the wilderness, he recalls the good experieces of dwelling in the Big City. But, it is time for him to complete what he started with his life. He knows that he will eventually have to stay permanently in one location one day, hopefully, with his soulmate. Meanwhile, the wandering continues in hopes of finally meeting this person that he feels destined to meet.

Alpha females are searching for alpha males, not Lone Wolves. And, the package he was attempting to improve is not yet finished. He finally is back up to feeling himself again to return to the gym to obtain his weight loss goals and desired level of fitness. No more time for excuses. Right now, he is his own worst enemy and his own best critic. There are still more chapters to be written about his life. This is the Lone Wolf on the Lone Wolf...

Retrospect: The Lone Wolf on keeping one's composure while under pressure...

Pressure (noun): an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.

The one thing a Lone Wolf is not allowed to do is loose their composure under pressure. Cause in some instances, to looses one's composure under pressure is to have already loose a battle against their opponent. To the Lone Wolf, an opponent does not have to always be in the tangible sense (i.e. a person, animal, thing, etc.). An opponent can be of the idealistic of the Lone Wolf's senses. Being forced to live a solitary life out in the world is not always an easy thing to do. The Lone Wolf must sometimes make some sacrifices in order to survive through another day, week, or month. Making the tough choices that need to be made in order to survive is a way of life for the Lone Wolf.

If you apply the Lone Wolf's logic to a daily work environment, the Lone Wolf must constantly think of solutions and resolution on a daily basis in order to satisfy those whom have come to depend on him during pressured situations. To fail those whom must rely on his experience and intelligence during a pressured situation is not an option for the Lone Wolf. It is true that the Lone Wolf does not always manage to complete his daily assignments for those whom come to rely on him. But, those failures for the Lone Wolf are usually few and far in between.

Keeping one's composure while under constant pressure by the Lone Wolf's family, friends, and coworkers is a constant way of life for the Lone Wolf. IT sometimes can be very lonely for the Lone Wold to endure such pressures out in the wilderness. But, a Lone Wolf understands that IT is the burden and responsibility that he or she usually voluntarily chooses to accept as a way of life in their world. Keeping one's composure while under pressure is a natural ability of the Lone Wolf. Others come to rely on that fact of the Lone Wolf that he will work the hours and go the places that are necessary to complete their daily requests for them. That is who the Lone Wolf is and shall always be as a person. IT also appears to have become instilled somewhere in the Lone Wolf's psyche to be such a person. To the Lone Wolf, to meet the satisfactory needs of another is all that matters to him in life.

Overall, the current trade-off for the Lone Wolf ability to keep his composure while under pressure is to live a solitary existence with no soulmate to speak of his daily burdens with. Working hard at keeping mentally and physically fit and happy are the current solutions for the Lone Wolf to deal such burdens in his life. Yet, the Lone Wolf does not see this solitary existence as a curse. The Lone Wolf sees his solitary existence as as an accepted necessity of his being, for now. This is what the Lone Wolf thinks about keeping one's composure while under pressure...

Retrospect: The Lone Wolf on wandering (no place to call home)

Wanderer (noun): someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.

When it comes to wandering, the Lone Wolf could have written many of books on the subject. Even when the Lone Wolf came close to finding a port of harbor to call his own, the feeling of being constricted began to settle down on him. Eventually, he found a way to be released from his stationary confinement to continue his wandering through life. Wandering for the Lone Wolf is as second natured as the water traveling down stream of a mighty river. Even though the river may appear to be a little chaotic to the eyes, there is actually a stillness tat can be felt underneath it. The Lone Wolf's wandering existence is not for those with families or long term responsibilities. Hence, the Lone Wolf seems perfectly okay with never settling for long periods of time in one location. This is the fate of a Lone Wolf's way of life, "No place to call home".

Will the Lone Wolf ever find a place to call home? The Lone Wolf would love to believe it is possible. But, it is highly unlikely by the aging years that the Lone Wolf's wandering lifestyle will be an old myth of the past. You must first understand that IT is not as easy for a Lone Wolf to switch from a wandering lifestyle to a stationary lifestyle within a year's time. One can only hope that a Lone Wolf is able to adapt to staying in one location for about a year, then he or she can only take things one day at a time with their stay. Trying to analyze or predict how long a Lone Wolf will stay at a location will be futile. Cause to a Lone Wolf, he or she does not need a visible fence to feel very constrict or domesticate.

A Lone Wolf is best able to adapt to a stationary lifestyle, if he or she voluntarily chooses to do so without pressure from their soulmate. One must come to love a Lone Wolf as he or she already exist. To attempt to change a Lone Wolf into anything else than themselves is futile. A Lone Wolf will leave its new environment is he or she is not allowed to be themselves while living in it. Let it be known, "Every Lone Wolf wants to eventually find a place to call their home." Some Lone Wolves get to that point in their lives faster than others. And, other Lone Wolves never find a place to call their home. To some Lone Wolves, "Home is wherever they are able to lay their heads for whatever amount of time." And, that type of lifestyle is satisfactory for many of those wandering Lone Wolves.

To a Lone Wolf, worrying too much about when to call a stationary place "home" is time being wasted. According to the Lone Wolf, wandering is another way of life that many take for granted. The Lone Wolf becomes educated about each new surrounding that he chooses to live for whatever period time. The Lone Wolf sometimes finds himself reminiscing about the people that he comes to know while living at these new locations. But, like most things in the Lone Wolf's life, people and things come and go. IT is the Lone Wolf's family and friends that keep him well grounded in the world. As long as the Lone Wolf has a bloodline in the world, the "where" does not really matter to the Lone Wolf as long as their is a soulmate to share his life. This is what the Lone Wolf thinks about wandering...

Retrospect: The Lone Wolf on dealing with illnesses...

When it comes to illnesses, the Lone Wolf usually feels most alone during these times in his life.

Most of the time, the Lone Wolf live a solitary life. So, enduring an illness on his life is just another way of life for the Lone Wolf. When push comes to shove with an illness, the Lone Wolf would swallow his male pride and drive himself to the hospital. The Lone Wolf always drive himself to the hospital or an emergency care center whenever he is under the weather. According to the Lone Wolf, "What does not kills the Lone Wolf, only makes him stronger."

Even now, the Lone Wolf suffers with an illness of an unknown nature. But, to the Lone Wolf, he cannot take tomorrow off to deal with the illness "head on" until he completes his assigned tasks for tomorrow. Seeing an assigned task or mission to the end is another one of the Lone Wolf's way of life. The Lone Wolf is sure that a day will come when he will no longer be able to rely on himself during an illness. Even though this is not the day it will happen, the Lone Wolf understands his ability to handle these illnesses on his own are becoming more difficult by his aging years. That is why finding his soulmates become more imperative for his future survive by each passing year.

Overall, the Lone Wolf works hard at living as much of a healthy life in order to stay off the chances of picking up an illness from someone or something. But, all the same, every warm blooded creature, including the Lone Wolf, are susceptible to illnesses. But, as long as the Lone Wolf can get out of bed the next morning while dealing with an illness, the Lone Wolf will continue to work through the pain of an illness until he can find the time to finally deal with that specific illness. This is how the Lone wolf deals with illnesses...

Retrospect: The Lone Wolf on love and relationships...

Soulmate (noun): Someone with whom one has a special, almost spiritual connection.

The Lone Wolf on love-
When it comes to love, the Lone Wolf recalls saying the word to probably less than five women (at best) during his dating lifetime. Because to the Lone Wolf, love currently appears to be nothing more than a concept experienced by everyone else except him. Yet, the Lone Wolf is far from being bitter about love. The Lone Wolf is just as optimistic about being in love with his soulmate than as one would about knowing whether or not good will still exist into the world. The Lone Wolf is a patient entity on his quest to seek love.

According to the Lone Wolf, when it comes to love, it is all about timing, chance, an attractive spark with another, and a whole lot of luck in between encounters with the woman of his potential love interest. The Lone Wolf leaves the rest of the equation of love to faith.

The Lone Wolf on relationship-
When it comes to relationships, the Lone Wolf has experience many of them. When it comes to serious relationships, the Lone Wolf is not an expert in that subject matter. If the Lone Wolf learned anything else from relationships, trial and error has developed a new way of handling his future relationships with women of his interests, "Never waste a woman's time if he knows that it will not be going anywhere past a friendship". As the Lone Wolf ages by the years, it won't be long before he begin to believe that maybe a serious relationship with a woman of his likeness is not a possibility.

As far as that thought is a potential realization for the Lone Wolf, he is not ready to stop lowering his expectations in order to keep from being alone in the world. So, until the Lone Wolf finds his soulmate, the future experiences of relationships still has to be endured during his dating-social lifetime.

Only time will tell if the Lone Wolf will ever find love during a serious relationship. And, the Lone Wolf still has the heart to carry on to in the world until his soulmate is located. This is the Lone Wolf's take on love and relationships...