I've Realized Something About Blogging

I'm not very good at it. I would rather tell jokes in a room of friends or run up to a group of people who don't know me and run up their blood pressure.

I spend a little time in Yoville collecting coins and calculating things like buying two of an item will give you more energy than buying one item at a higher price. YoVillians are thin, stylish, have eclectic apartments that are always clean and uncluttered. They never show anger beyond the occasional water balloon and it's perfectly okay to tell someone you don't want to play a game. I had a painting party with my buddy, Girl Friday, and it was loads of fun changing wall colors and flooring together and we didn't get the first drop of paint on us.

It sounds ridiculous, but it is all part of our desire to avoid things that are stressful or painful. Take you brain out of present reality and go to a place that is never going to cause you pain.

It dawned on me that with all of the stress and cruelty that children endure every day while in school or dealing with the neighborhood bully it is no wonder they would rather get lost in a game rather than spend time outside in the sunshine. Young people don't know who they are yet and while they have no real fear they do suffer permanent emotional scars that may not disappear as they age.

Sometimes these scars manifest themselves in financial identities or tags. A facebook friend made a comment on the old "rich get richer and poor get poorer" line and what an empty statement that really is. I commented that often the rich actually begin poor. There is no great consipiracy to keep poor people poor. Often education or lack of education doesn't keep someone poor.

I don't have all the answers, but I do know that drive has everything to do with success or lack thereof. Life is not easy and successful people who are also "rich" or wealthy are not evil; they are not the enemy. Yes it is annoying to watch the Paris Hilton's of the world just have money fall from the heavens via grandaddy, but her grandfather worked to build an empire and it was not a walk in the park. Every American has the opportunity to become as great or as wealthy as they wish to be depending their level of drive and the ability to talk themselves through the rough spots.