Happy Labor Day Weekend everybody!!! Now remember all the techniques you learned in Lamaze class, make sure you breath slowly, and that baby will...... Oh my bad, not THAT kind of labor! Ha!! That's a joke I have been waiting to tell forever. (My blog, my rules).
Anyway, I will make this article short and sweet. This one is about acceptance. This is a tough topic for a lot of people because most of us don't want to accept the fact that we are who we are. Some guys want to be thugs when they are as soft as a handful of feathers. Some women want to be players but can't handle the heartache that comes with it. What folks don't realize is that, once you finally accept who you are, your life starts moving in the direction that you want. Subconsciously, we worry too much about what people think of us and we do too much to gain the love and admiration of everyone around us. I say F#$%* that!! Gain the love and admiration of yourself first and, if people love you, so be it. If they hate you, so what!?! I have a lot of experience on this topic because it took me a long time to accept the person that I am. I never saw myself as a guy who finds accounting fascinating (Don't judge me!! Ha!!), likes reading and problem solving and has a bigger interest in wrestling than a grown man should. But this is me so deal with it!! Now it took adversity to get to this level of comfortable, but it doesn't matter how you get there. It just matters that you get there.
I guess another reason why I am writing this is because this is the only way I can communicate this message to one of my closest friends. I'm not going to mention any names but, if the person reads this article, they will know that its about them. I have tried talking to them about it. But the person is a know-it-all who has an answer for everything. This person is the epitome what I'm talking about. They go to church on Sundays but then talk about pimping females for money. They want to be a big time player but, because they don't have a job, a car, or any money, they have to rely on others to get around and get emotional when their women get snatched away (if you lack the basics like money and transportation, that is what happens). They are presented numerous opportunities to make good money to start progressing in life (jobs in real estate, stock market, etc.). But because there is work involved and the jobs aren't the kind that put you in the spotlight (like entertainment or sports), they feel like these jobs are "beneath" them. Its not a problem with intelligence. My crew says its a lack of ambition and drive. I say its a lack of accepting who they really are. I believe once this person finally understands their role in life and stops trying to be someone they aren't, life will become a lot easier and they will excel and become the leader they are meant to be. If this post means that someone will be mad at me, it is OK because it comes from someone who cares about them and wants to see them do well. Sometimes tough love is the best love.
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