else. Even if you have joy in your heart and truth in your soul. Money
still trumps you. I say this not because I worship money. I don't. I
understand money and its part in what we do here on earth. We all need
to be compensated for our time and talents. But sometimes it consumes
us and we feel like we must always be compensated or always be
working. But this thanksgiving I just want to get back to family and
to friends. I want to get back to love. Pure unadulterated love.
So where are we? I look at Kanye West and while I feel for him so
much, I feel his situation brings up how money can build you up and
bring you down. He's had so much success and so much struggle. His
mom's surgery was the ultimate cause of her death. But, would she have
gone through that surgery of it weren't because of his success? It
doesn't seem like something she would have done had she not been in
the public eye. But the industry demands you look your best. Life
demands you look your best. Are we looking for the easy way out? Does
money make us think less. Why do the work, when you can buy your way
through it?. I sent my laptop out to get repaired. And while that was
something I can't fix myself. It just reminded me of money. $300. I
also just fixed my car so that's gonna cost me soon. This damn phone I
am typing this up on, another expense. There are so many people on TV
flaunting their wealth to the rest of the world. Who's to say they are
undeserving? Why do we grade ourselves with money? Well money means we
can do things others can't but there are only things that can be
purchased. I prefer the power I possess with a genuine smile, with a
healthy complement, when I lend a helping hand. Money can't buy
presence, and that's what I think we should all achieve to possess. So
take this money and don't let it rule you. Work past your goals and
seek a greatness in yourself. Oh and Alicia Key's new album As I Am is
soo good. It had so much soul. I love her music.
Sent from my iPhone
N. Valentine
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