Altitude Sickness
In Just a Thought, July 31st, 2009
Have you ever wondered how our elected officials get so dumb between the time we vote and when they show up for work?
I may have found the answer. In Chapter 15 of Max Lucado’s book, “Facing Your Giants”, he addresses something he calls, “Thin Air-ogance”.
Let me quote him:
“You can climb too high for your own good. It is possible to ascend too far, to stand too tall and to elevate too much. Linger too long at high altitudes and two of your senses suffer. Your hearing dulls. It is hard to hear people when you are higher than they. Voices grow distant. Sentences seem muffled.
“And when you are up there, your eyesight dims. It is hard to focus on people when you are so far above them. They appear small. Little figures with no faces. You can hardly distinguish one from another. They all look alike.”
Mark Twain once said, “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress…but I repeat myself.”
