FLAKE-ISM

FLAKE-ISM:  Think of paint

1.                 A flake is characterized by “non-stick-to-it-iveness.”

2.                 A flake refuses to surrender individual recognition in order to blend into the rest of the covering as one unit.

3.                 In the beginning, a flake begins to detach and then air separates (“airhead”).  This separation is a vicious cycle.  Separateness often looks beguiling.

4.                 When finally detached a flake flits and floats blown by every slight breeze.

5.                 Because they are blown this way and that, a flake has no choice or control of its destination.

6.                 Generally a flake ends up lying in some trashy corner forgotten and useless.

7.                 A flake always has a better idea.

8.                 A flake is very opinionated.

9.                 A flake is immature.

10.            A flake is not grounded in Truth.

11.            A flake is always listening to voices, especially when they say what they want to hear.

12.            Flake-ism sometimes grows out of immaturity and a lack of wisdom.

13.            Flake-ism is encouraged by a lack of structure.  Proper structure encourages proper growth.  Charismatics sometimes throw out the baby with the bath water and do away with all structure.  A river without banks becomes a marsh.