As you know, I finally decided enough was enough. I determined that if I stayed in "prevent defense" I was likely going to lose anyway. If I go agressive, I still may lose, but I will get movement from the current situation. Since I have determined the current situation is NOT acceptable any more, the WORST I will get out of this is what I was going to get anyway.
I came to this conclusion out of the blue after hearing and reading the advice on mine and so many other threads, but delaying doing anything out of fear. It is scary as hell, since there's no way to know the outcome, but it will get my R off of the fence, which is where I didn't want it anymore.
We're soldiers and we're already dead, so the risks aren't increased by charging the machine gun nest (you may die in the effort, but you were going to die eventually anyway just cowering in your foxhole). The difference is you may be able to take out the machine gun by charging it, rather than letting it pick you off in your hole.
That's how I've started to think. The rest is in God's hands. And I have to think He is proud of me for standing up and fighting for what He wants.
Bravo! Pigskin...that's a killer post!
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
