I’m Really Enjoying My Naivety (standard:humor, 907 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Apr 06 2019	Views/Reads: 1616/1099	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My spiritual naivety is backed up by simply trusting God for everything, every day of my life. This is my spiritual backup plan.

Someone recently said to me, “You sure are naïve.” I'm not sure what the
incident was about at the time, and I was a little bit hurt by that 
saying. 

What did he mean that I am naïve? I have been giving this some thought
and at this point, I remember quite a few people labeling me as naïve. 
Therefore, if people are right, it must be true. 

Yet, is it really that bad? 

Leaving the house the other day the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage
said, “Drive carefully.” I stopped, turned around, put my hands on my 
hips and said, “Wow, you just destroyed my driving. I was not planning 
on driving carefully.” She laughed. 

The secret of naivety is taking things literally. When people take
things literally they usually take it out of context and it does not 
sound that good. When the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage says, 
“Drive carefully,” all she is saying is “Goodbye, hope to see you 
later.” That is all. 

I do not believe for one moment she thinks I am a careless driver. I
have never had a serious accident in my entire driving career. Plus, 
I'm the one that taught her how to drive a car. Don't let that get out, 
it's our secret. 

Being naïve can have its advantages. Most people look at the negative
side of naivety and do not consider there is a positive sign. Being 
naïve simply means that you have a very simple approach to life. 

That explains me completely. I have a very simple approach to everything
in my life. I do not like complicated things. 

The other week I was working on my computer and having all kinds of
problems with it. It was very complicated. I took it to someone to help 
me with it, he looked at it and said, “That's a simple fix. You sure 
are naïve.” He did not know it at the time, but I was taking that as a 
compliment. 

I do not want my life complicated. I love the simple things in life. If
somebody cannot snicker me, they cannot snicker anybody. I am easy prey 
for the simplest con artist. 

Walking out of Publix the other day I noticed the Girl Scouts had a
table selling cookies. I tried walking by but as I passed a little girl 
with big brown eyes looked at me and said, “Sir, will you...” and 
before she could say, “buy some cookies,” I said, “Yes, give them all 
to me.” 

I enjoyed those cookies, which was a result of my naivety. Of course,
when I brought all those boxes of cookies home my wife looked at me, 
smiled and said, “The girls got you again.” 

Because I am so naïve in many areas, I accept the fact that people are
going to take advantage of me. 

Through the years, I have learned to handle that and not let it affect
me. If someone wants to take advantage of me, it says a whole lot about 
their life. If their life is so boring and complicated that they need 
to swindle me, I'm glad to help out. 

I do not have to worry about my naivety because my backup plan is in
full force. That backup plan keeps me from some major swindling efforts 
in my direction. I must say that that backup plan has been my rescue 
all through my life. 

Of course, I am naïve. Of course, I can quickly and easily be swindled.
But, and this is a big “but,” my backup plan has never failed me yet. 
My simplicity in life has been guarded and protected by this wonderful 
backup plan. 

I believe in the simple things in life and I know I am far from being
socially sophisticated. I do not know what that even means. I just have 
a hard time believing that anybody would lie to me. I could write a 
book about all the people that have swindled me and got away with it. 


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