Sometimes, what people are obsessed with is a reflection of what they’ve been through.
Have you ever noticed how some people become excessively obsessed with money, status, success, or material possessions?
Sometimes, there’s a story behind that obsession.
A person who grew up without money might grow up believing that money is the ultimate measure of a person’s worth. Someone who grew up feeling inferior might become obsessed with proving themselves. Someone who experienced instability might become so desperate for security that they begin to judge everyone else by how much security they can provide.
Sometimes, people aren’t just chasing success. They’re running away from the feeling of being inadequate.
And sometimes, the things we judge others for not having are the very things we once wished we had.
That’s why I find it interesting when people measure a man’s worth by whether he owns a house at 35, or measure a woman’s worth by her financial status, appearance, or possessions.
There’s nothing wrong with having standards.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting financial stability or aspiring to a better life.
But there’s a difference between valuing achievement and making achievement the condition for treating another human being with dignity.
Sometimes, our loudest standards are connected to our deepest insecurities.
The things we lacked can shape what we desire. The things we suffered can influence what we pursue. And the things we were made to feel ashamed of can become the very things we desperately try to prove we have overcome.
Perhaps the real work isn’t just achieving the things we once lacked. It’s making sure those things don’t become the only things we know how to value.
Because you can escape poverty and still have a poverty of perspective.
You can become wealthy and still feel inferior.
You can achieve everything you once dreamed of and still spend your life trying to prove that you’re enough.
Sometimes, healing means no longer allowing your past to dictate how you measure yourself or other people.
If have the urge to always show off, it means simply that you either don’t have it or you’re not used to having it.
Yes. I know there are NEPO players.
But majority were gifted and when the money is traced, it came from fraudulent activities.
That’s how they rope you in. You’ll be investigated.
Every person you pass on the street has a life as complicated as yours, and you’re just an extra in theirs
This guy and those who found reasons with him are dumb.
Now let’s rephrase his statement “If I stop stealing from other people to enrich myself, how will I survive?”
How about the people he steals from, how do they cope?
Keep supporting them until they steal from you.
A God should be something everybody accepts and cannot do without. And not something that brings diversity and hate.
Example: Oxygen
Hits different when you can afford a thing and then don’t buy it because you don’t like it or it’s not necessary. 😌
Imagine living rich in a system that is not designed to protect your life.
No good roads - accidents
Accidents - no ambulances
If you get to the hospital - no functional emergency system to keep you alive. 😒
And a whole lot of others
We should just redefine luxury.
I went out on a date with a girl (talking stage) while eating she asked how we’re gonna share the bill, then I told her she shouldn’t bother since I was the one that asked for the date.
She smiled and said “the next date will be on me”
Interest matters.
It's strange that we spend our whole lives looking for ourselves when we're the ones doing the looking. 😒
We spend our entire lives trying to be understood by people who are also guessing what life means.
😒