A moment of clarity - taken from the myspace bulletin.
Today is the first day of my new life. I had the worst job interview ever with Hertz Rentals. It involved selling your soul just to make a profit. It however may have been the best thing to happen to me ever. I have said a lot of bad things about substitute teaching, but I have come to the conclusion that those kids were the best thing to ever happen to me, (even though I'm a little partial to the class of 2010, because I long term subbed some) because they gave me some happiness.
You see being rich and being wealthy are to entirely different things. Money and possessions are just that, material. Being rich is so much more. The best advice I was ever given was by my radio professor, Rodger Smith. The famous quote was, "Do what you love, the money will follow." I understand it now. I would much rather spend my life under my parents roof with the knowledge that I'm doing something to enrich the minds of tomorrow, than being in a nice condo or apartment making good money doing something I don't believe in.
I have always wanted to leave earth better than I came into it. I have decided that I'm going to back to school and get certified to teach, I'm going to bust my hump, simply in the knowledge that someday somewhere I'm going to reach at least one person, and in turn that one person is going to do the same. This is what makes me rich, the fact I finally know what I was put on earth to do.
Always have something to believe in, be it Jesus, earth, the future, music, whatever, and believe in it forever, never give up hope. Life isn't perfect, and that is what makes it truly beautiful. You'll never know success until you know strife, and for damn sure you'll never know what it is to be rich until you can go to bed with a clear conscious. You'll be a better person for it. Never ever believe a naysayer, let yourself be your only limit, and take yourself to that limit, because you'll never know who and what you truly are, until you try.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, go for it, and let nothing stop you. If that involves taking the road less traveled then so be it. I wish the best for all of you, and I hope that everyone who reads this takes it for what it's worth.
Goodnight and god bless,
Trigger
You see being rich and being wealthy are to entirely different things. Money and possessions are just that, material. Being rich is so much more. The best advice I was ever given was by my radio professor, Rodger Smith. The famous quote was, "Do what you love, the money will follow." I understand it now. I would much rather spend my life under my parents roof with the knowledge that I'm doing something to enrich the minds of tomorrow, than being in a nice condo or apartment making good money doing something I don't believe in.
I have always wanted to leave earth better than I came into it. I have decided that I'm going to back to school and get certified to teach, I'm going to bust my hump, simply in the knowledge that someday somewhere I'm going to reach at least one person, and in turn that one person is going to do the same. This is what makes me rich, the fact I finally know what I was put on earth to do.
Always have something to believe in, be it Jesus, earth, the future, music, whatever, and believe in it forever, never give up hope. Life isn't perfect, and that is what makes it truly beautiful. You'll never know success until you know strife, and for damn sure you'll never know what it is to be rich until you can go to bed with a clear conscious. You'll be a better person for it. Never ever believe a naysayer, let yourself be your only limit, and take yourself to that limit, because you'll never know who and what you truly are, until you try.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, go for it, and let nothing stop you. If that involves taking the road less traveled then so be it. I wish the best for all of you, and I hope that everyone who reads this takes it for what it's worth.
Goodnight and god bless,
Trigger