No Mercy

Mind games have been around forever. The softer your mind, the more you fall victim to such merciless games. Let’s start at the beginning, just after a morning shower, where you are naked, and pondering what the day will be like if you go through it as such, dangling everything you've got in heated competition. Now, I being a guy, imagine myself eventually on the cover of GQ in dazzling attire. As for girls, well, there is only one magazine that I'm programmed to imagine them in… and ironically there is no attire there… they'd just as soon appear with a nice healthy smile on the cover of Home and Garden…

As our minds transverse our naked bodies in the mirror after a morning shower, there is always a ‘someone’ we are thinking of… for girls it is that one someone who will caress and love them forever, for guys, simply someone who will swoon at the sight of them, and do whatever they beckon…

Before we walk over to our clothes closet, we choose how we are going to smell that day. Girls may have a fragrance for every occasion, much like the pocketbook, coat, or pair of shoes. Each says something different. Now, going over the perfumes, one might think, “hmmm… this one says “screw me” too much… now Josh is a respectable boy, so I don’t want to scare him away… I think I’ll pick this one, that says ‘ravish me’ instead… Guys on the other hand have their deodorants and colognes to consider. If they’re going for that 'junk-yard hot-n-sweaty' ripped-t-shirt ambiance, then this step can be skipped, but girls do like a nice fragrance…

OK, now that we smell just right, it is time to go over to our clothes closet. This is where shopping is fun! Now, if I were a dad punishing you, I’d make you go out in last year’s clothes- washed out and tattered, perhaps, but most importantly the style is just plain ridiculous by this year’s standards.

Clothes are the front-line weapon here. First you can draw lines between the have’s and have-not’s. The 'enlightened' and 'non-enlightened'. You definitely want to appear like a “have” or an 'enlightened' if you are not up to mind games that day, if only to be spared from being controlled by the even most obtuse mind-gamer. I can think of no horror as terrible! You of course pay extra at the cash register for the illusion of being a 'have' or an 'enlightened'. For girls who can't muster either, let me recommend the 'loving' look, the more skin, the better, of course, for guys aren't really that sophisticated… for guys, it's either 'intelligent' or 'outdoorsy', but the best is 'monied'. In either case, for either gender, it all boils down to reproduction, for girls, how 'fertile' they appear, for guys, how healthy their seeds… this is not readily known, as it is a level deeper in psychology than most people go, but I'm mentioning it here so you can get real!

It bears mentioning that if you’ve ever felt like you “wanted to be just like someone else”, beware- you are a victim of a mind game!

Now, when we buy clothes, we first examine the selection on the rack, and think, “Is this me?” or “Is this the 'me' I’d like to be?” or “Will I look like that stunning mannequin over there that the boys are fondling and the girls envy?”

Once you are dressed ‘mannequin-perfect’, it is time to go out and play mind games, for in the jungle of social life, it is eat or be eaten. So do not feel guilty that your prey falls so easily to your mind-games, for they would not hesitate to turn the tables on you (or kick you when you are down, for that matter). Show them mercy? Noooooooo! Not in this game! Yes, I know it is a sad psychological state of affairs, but while we work toward a better future, we must continue to grudgingly deal with the state of human psychology today.