A BAAAAAD part of our lives
I'm re-reading a book called "The Wolf Of Wall Street". You may know it. Leo DaCaprio is currently playing the role of Jordan Belfort in the film version. I read the book when it first came out. I am reading it again now because every now and again I need a "breather" from all of the Biographies, Brain books, and other "heavy" books that I constantly read. Although I don't "read" much into it "Wolf" gives me a giggle or two, where it details the excesses that Jordan Belfort supposedly subjected himself to, including drugs, alcohol, partying, prostitutes and every other kind of addiction one could think of. At 30 years old he was making way in excess of a million a week. Money was nothing. He would spend $20,000 a night on accomodation, thousands upon thousands on dinners, wine and prostitutes. All of this while being married to a wife he sais heloved along with their beautiful daughter.
Hmmm... Money Mattress.....
In one part of the book he ridicules anybody that proclaimes that 'money is the root of all evil'. In fact he worshipped money. He abused it's power to the extreme. But he had fun doing it, or so he believed.
Fast forward 5 years and Jordan was in jail, as he expected he would be, divorced from his beautiful wife and separated from his daughter and with a $100 million dollar debt. I suppose you would expect the ending. Most, even he himself, could see the end coming. But he still worshipped the money more than the love of his wife and daughter, more than his family. The story of Jordan Belfort is all too common. It's common cents. Cents and dollars are a man made definition of a tool we use to value our material possessions. It is modern evil in many ways. It makes people greedy. Materialistic monsters dominate our lives. Money makes us lose sight of the importance of life. I was on the same gravy train. The figures of abundance were a lot different but the result was the same. I got greedy. I lost, just like Jordan and millions of others before us. Unfortunately we need MONEY, well at least we think we do. Once you adjust you can do without.
I have diligently prepared my journey, my comeback. And I am doing all of the right things to make it happen. But it's funny you know. While I am still in survival mode, existing day to day, it is lack of money that is stopping the journey from happening a lot faster. But it just doesn't matter. I KNOW where I am heading. And I KNOW I will get there. WHEN??? just doesn't figure in it. Money is simply a tool to measure value. Little money, little value. Lots of money, lots of value, right?
Big money, big house, huh?
Little money, little tent, huh?
Does it matter? I suppose it gets down to who's asking, Jordan Belfort or me!
I like my journey a lot more than his........... it's
....COMMON CENTS....
Fast forward 5 years and Jordan was in jail, as he expected he would be, divorced from his beautiful wife and separated from his daughter and with a $100 million dollar debt. I suppose you would expect the ending. Most, even he himself, could see the end coming. But he still worshipped the money more than the love of his wife and daughter, more than his family. The story of Jordan Belfort is all too common. It's common cents. Cents and dollars are a man made definition of a tool we use to value our material possessions. It is modern evil in many ways. It makes people greedy. Materialistic monsters dominate our lives. Money makes us lose sight of the importance of life. I was on the same gravy train. The figures of abundance were a lot different but the result was the same. I got greedy. I lost, just like Jordan and millions of others before us. Unfortunately we need MONEY, well at least we think we do. Once you adjust you can do without.
I have diligently prepared my journey, my comeback. And I am doing all of the right things to make it happen. But it's funny you know. While I am still in survival mode, existing day to day, it is lack of money that is stopping the journey from happening a lot faster. But it just doesn't matter. I KNOW where I am heading. And I KNOW I will get there. WHEN??? just doesn't figure in it. Money is simply a tool to measure value. Little money, little value. Lots of money, lots of value, right?
Big money, big house, huh?
Little money, little tent, huh?
Does it matter? I suppose it gets down to who's asking, Jordan Belfort or me!
I like my journey a lot more than his........... it's
....COMMON CENTS....
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