We call a lot of people fools, but really we kind of envy and admire some of them…
For example, think of Alain Robert. Alain Robert is known as the ‘French Spider-Man’. He’s climbed more than 100 skyscrapers and monuments with his bare hands – mostly without insurance or permission. He’s been close to death several times – a slip away from fatal danger – and recalls those moments in slow motion: “Time seems to be suddenly slowing down because you are about to negotiate the movement of your life. And if you don’t make it you’re just dead, and it sucks.” Robert, who turns 60 in 2022, plans to climb until his body tells him to stop.
Now I would never do what French Spidey is doing, and I’m sure many would call him a fool. But if I were honest, I’d have to admit that I really sort of envy and admire him!
Now there are many ways to be a “fool”…
One can perform death defying stunts like Alain Robert or Evel Knievel. One could test the limits of their health by eating massive amounts of things they shouldn’t eat or ingesting massive amounts of things they shouldn’t ingest. These are obvious ways to be a literal “fool” in most people’s eyes.
But we’re all fools in some way, shape or form.
Some of us keep our feet under the covers at all times while in bed, because we’re simply afraid to expose them. Some of us check behind shower curtains when we walk into a bathroom. Some of us throw our own personal concerts for imaginary audiences with simply a hairbrush for a microphone. Some of us talk to inanimate objects as if they’re living beings (such as talking to a lawnmower before starting it).
But what does it mean to be a “blessed fool”? That’s what we’re going to talk about! Download and Read the Deep Dive Study Guide Below!
