I am not a marketer, I am a humanitarian...

These days, we must no longer think in simple terms of I, or me. No friends, these days we must now think in terms of I and we. “I” in the sense of what can “I” can do to improve my situation; both in the present time and for the future. “We” in the sense that times are hostile, thus there are those who would try to take and cheat from you what is rightfully yours. You do not rightfully deserve anything which you have not worked for. We have learned that this is painfully true, even with Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Not all people are like this, but there are many who are conditioned to thieve, or to cheat their way to prosperity in any and all aspects. Moral Character has been replaced by moral turpitude amongst the masses. People have become unsuspecting, brainwashed, & hypocritical - not just fat and lazy. The world no longer judges America by the strength of her back and her hammer. No, now we are seen by the world stage as a Wal-Mart and McDonalds embracing, over-consuming nation who delivers nothing but a swift rebuke for challenges to her authority, and mere pittance for those who run her kingdom. The kings, queens, and aristocrats have taken the reigns once more. Some of the powerful came there by peaceful, honest, and hard working ways. As well, there are those who are scheming, those who seized power through scandal, thievery, and deceit. The time is nigh for a revolution to usurp the undeserving. Not through war, not through bloodshed – but instead through peaceful non-violent ways. The bloodline of these greedy corruptors is money. Without their wealth, they have no power. Their money only gives them limited, cosmetic power. This power can be taken back. Money earned is directly proportionate to how much value you have to offer. My father was far more valuable for most of his life than he was paid. Perhaps this is because he never took risks with his wealth, because of his family and security reasons. Possibly because, those who paid him did not realize the asset they kept in their wings. Or maybe, it is simply that because our goals and priorities were different; we lead different paths and truly did become equally wealthy, only in different areas. Either way, I respect my father, as I respect those who never became millionaires, but worked like they were. Through interacting with him, and people like him – I know that wealth spreads beyond dollar bills and gold bullion and into the soul and everywhere else. I do NOT respect those who slither on the ground like snakes, taking handouts and stealing and grabbing what they can, when they can. However, I do not judge the needy. When I see a homeless person, I no longer ask “why doesn’t this guy get a job, or what’s wrong with this guy?” Nope. Now, I give them a few dollars, knowing that despite their reasoning for being there – they are there and they need help. Right now, that ‘help’ may be a few dollars, next month maybe it’s therapy, health recovery, AA or a new job. But for right now that persons number one goal is making a few bucks to make it through the night. All I know, is karma comes back to those who give without want. Without knowing your core desires; you will grow stagnant, and do nothing with your life. To achieve your core desires – you must know what drives you and you must define both short term and long term goals for yourself in each area that you wish to achieve success in. If you are single, this is easy and precision point. If you are married – or in a similar relationship; you must adapt your thinking. When dealing with two minds, you must also work on the areas that your spouse/partner views as important qualities and/or traits in you. Avoid this, and strive only for the goals you find important and you will find a wedge driven so deeply between you that often it can seem irreconcilable. Divorce, anyone? These differences can and have been worked through. Yes, they will love you for who you are. But they love you more for who you will want to be. If you become better every day, how can they resist? The realization however, must come – that without hard, conscious effort of bridging the goals and traits which are lacking between you - very little can be done in ways of therapy, makeup sex, or other ‘conventional’ ways of healing. Every day is ground zero. We are not defined by other people’s actions, or reactions towards us, nor around us. We are defined, by two things. Our actions, and our reactions. Not our thoughts, not our beliefs. Not even by our words. Want your spouse to be more deserving of you? Become First, become more deserving of them. Despite your perception of ‘what they deserve’. Give them the deservings of your dream spouse. Then and only then can they become that person. Giving ultimatums, or living like a lone wolf who happens to share a cave with another wolf will do nothing except expand the divide between you. Think you deserve more money? You don’t. You do not deserve anything more than what you already have. Those who become great, and those who become wealthy do it through extraordinary actions – not through ‘just enough to be comfortable’ actions. In fact, they make themselves thoroughly uncomfortable on a day to day basis. They push themselves to a wall, and come out the best they know how, seeking the best result they can obtain. Why? They know that every success brings them closer to their goal, and every failure teaches them how to succeed in the next round. The fight isn’t over till you say it’s over – or until you’re dead or the ‘match is over’. Now, stop complaining and become a little more valuable, or a lot more valuable. The choice is yours. No matter what, you are going to change. You cannot stay them same. This is not the order of things. So will you change for the better, or will you change for the worse? If you are complaining, it’s not because life is unfair. It’s because you’re almost there. You can feel it. It’s so close, but just a little out of reach. So, I say to you and to myself – get back up one more time, go one more round and fight with all you have, like this is your last fight. Once the bell rings, and this fight is over, don’t think about how tired you are. Think about your next fight. How to recover the quickest, and how to better yourself for a tougher challenge. Think about the title you’re going for. Get it. Then get the next one, until you are the undisputed self-champion.