Reconsider

I read some tweets on twitter from a friend of mine and it made perfect sense, so I thought I would it share it with you.

"Y'all wanna know some interesting facts about non-athlete/entertainer millionaires? Only about half of their wives work outside the home and the ones that do are TEACHERS. They live well below their means. They wear inexpensive suits & drive American-made cars. Only a minority drive a current year vehicle. Only about one in five of them are NOT college graduates. Many hold advanced degrees. 8% law degrees, 6% medical degrees, and 6% Ph.D.s. About two thirds of them work between forty-five and fifty-five hours per week. 55 % of their kids are currently attending or have attended private schools. Lastly, they have accumulated enough wealth to live without working for ten or more years. Soooo I said all that to say look around you and realize that the ones driving the Benzes and Beamers aren't the millionaires. #shoutouts to all the REAL millionaires though. It won't be long before I'll be joining you."

Now, think about this statement and think about who you idolize and what you value as important to your life. Why do we value sports and entertainment and see that as the only way to becoming successful? What happened to good old fashioned hard work. I mean, let's be perfectly honest with ourselves, everyone can't sing or dance and every can't play sports. If you can play sports, the odds of you becoming a "PRO-athlete" is 22000 to 1. If you can sing, dance, or even act, the odds of you becoming famous is 1,500,000 to 1. You have a better chance of dying or getting an terminal illness. My point is, STOP LIVING WITHIN FALSE ILLUSIONS AND UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS!! Now, I do want you to understand that if you love something so much that you're willing to work for it and go get it, then by all means, go for it. But I did say work for it. But I want to tell all the lazy bums who are just waiting for a hand-out, stop it! Yes, education is important. Yes, you can do more with a degree than you having a chance of becoming famous or just sitting around waiting for things to happen. Sometimes I hear people talk about all of these stupid schemes on how they could get rich fast or how they can "come-up" in a short period of time. Why waste your God-given smarts trying to manipulate the system and buying things you don't need instead of channeling all of that energy towards doing something better with yourself?? Buying yourself a benz or a beamer and going shopping in exclusive stores is nice on the outside, but realistically, most people who actually can afford those cars and these shopping sprees do not waste their money on things like this. These people have savings and spend their money smartly instead of wasting it on frivolous things. Stop living in a facade you call life and make your life your reality. If you want something, work for it and stop relying on unrealistic means and go get it!!! I mean, really ask yourself, "What do I have to lose?"