Through my entire life, I've realized something. There is one thing, one event and one object that everyone needs. And I can virtually guarantee you it's not what you're thinking right now. This thing completely changed my life and the way I look at it, it changed my whole mindset and the way I approach my own existence in general. You're probably thinking I'm gonna say "god" right now, right? Wrong.
It's Turmoil.
The one thing everyone needs in their life is a chapter of turmoil. One period in your life in which everything seems lost, one chapter where it feels like everything's gone down the crapper. There are two types of reactions I get when I say that. The first is utter shock and disbelief, those people have never felt real turmoil. The second is a nod, those people have. It's something you don't know until you've truly felt it.
When you've felt real turmoil, suddenly your normal life doesn't feel half bad. You stop complaining your steak took a little longer than normal for the waiter to arrive with when you still have memories of eating out of trash cans. You stop whining about your hard day at work when you've had to collect soda cans for enough money to get a breakfast. And you stop looking at those ads on TV for the "perfect mattress" when you've had to sleep on cardboard before.
Turmoil. Gives. Perspective. Everything in your life feels a lot better when you know what it's like to not have anything at all. We as americans have been spoiled. Don't act like you don' t know it. It's so seldom that people in the United States endure real suffering that they're not only numb to the pain around the world, but even to people who may be living right next door, or that bum on the street.
That "lazy bum" probably works harder on the streets in a single day than you do in your air conditioned office all week. So my word is this, America, hit the bricks. To wealthy an affluent who took the time to read this, I hope you gleaned something from these words, if it sounds like horse crap to you, then that should be a sign, that should be proof you've never felt real pain, because you're getting worked up over text on a screen and nothing more.
To my brothers and sisters out there who've felt real pain, to those who've endured being homeless, and to those who've lost everything but clawed their way back up into a position where they've got access to not only a computer, but the internet itself, my hat's off to you. You know what's what and what the real meaning of life is, so you sail strong, keep going, keep spreading your message. Remind the pompous and the bigoted, remind the elitists and the spoiled, remind them that everything they have is nothing, everything they have is just numbers in a bank account and luxury items they bought from the mall. Remind them that all those material possessions pale by comparison to the true human experience.
"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. "
Tony Robbins
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
Khalil Gibran
It's Turmoil.
The one thing everyone needs in their life is a chapter of turmoil. One period in your life in which everything seems lost, one chapter where it feels like everything's gone down the crapper. There are two types of reactions I get when I say that. The first is utter shock and disbelief, those people have never felt real turmoil. The second is a nod, those people have. It's something you don't know until you've truly felt it.
When you've felt real turmoil, suddenly your normal life doesn't feel half bad. You stop complaining your steak took a little longer than normal for the waiter to arrive with when you still have memories of eating out of trash cans. You stop whining about your hard day at work when you've had to collect soda cans for enough money to get a breakfast. And you stop looking at those ads on TV for the "perfect mattress" when you've had to sleep on cardboard before.
Turmoil. Gives. Perspective. Everything in your life feels a lot better when you know what it's like to not have anything at all. We as americans have been spoiled. Don't act like you don' t know it. It's so seldom that people in the United States endure real suffering that they're not only numb to the pain around the world, but even to people who may be living right next door, or that bum on the street.
That "lazy bum" probably works harder on the streets in a single day than you do in your air conditioned office all week. So my word is this, America, hit the bricks. To wealthy an affluent who took the time to read this, I hope you gleaned something from these words, if it sounds like horse crap to you, then that should be a sign, that should be proof you've never felt real pain, because you're getting worked up over text on a screen and nothing more.
To my brothers and sisters out there who've felt real pain, to those who've endured being homeless, and to those who've lost everything but clawed their way back up into a position where they've got access to not only a computer, but the internet itself, my hat's off to you. You know what's what and what the real meaning of life is, so you sail strong, keep going, keep spreading your message. Remind the pompous and the bigoted, remind the elitists and the spoiled, remind them that everything they have is nothing, everything they have is just numbers in a bank account and luxury items they bought from the mall. Remind them that all those material possessions pale by comparison to the true human experience.
"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. "
Tony Robbins
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
Khalil Gibran
