"You can die from someone else's misery - emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may think your helping the drowning man but your only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and the fortunate instead."
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power
Real talk. February was a real tough month for the kid. Besides the shit I've had to put up with juggling two jobs, old friends have been popping up left and right asking for favors that's been slowly taxing my financial and emotional progress. Now I don't know if its a metro-sexual thing (I consider myself an old school alpha) but this seems to be a problem facing a vast majority of males I encounter (lady's seem to have a grip on shit in Philly). To me being a man represents standing on your own two feet, taking responsibility for your actions. Most of us encounter trying times in life, some more than others, how you overcome those obstacles are what determines how a person views you as a man. Asking for help is acceptable to me if its done in moderation, but showing extreme weakness' such as repeatedly asking to borrow money, needing a place to crash, lacking direction, mooching and the worst of all repeated indecisiveness really puts a strain on my respect for a person. A friend should be an equal, someone you respect. How do you respect a fuck up? I don't respect patsy's or underlings and certainly don't want them in my circle. I believe they'll bring you down. Am I being too judgmental, harsh? Comment and share your opinions. I can use another point of view on this cause its really fucking with me emotionally.
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OK, I'll comment now.....lol...You're almost absolutely right, in my opinion. Where do I start, well,whats the definition of a f***-up? Are you saying that f**-ups are mooches? Or are mooches, usually f***-ups?
It seems to me(as a former mooch), that those people see an opportunity to enjoy things they didn't earn early, by using someone else to do it. And by doing that (enough times) you realize how cold hearted your are by putting yourself first and not worrying about future consequences it can cause. But you don't become a mooch by accident. Maybe a F**-up but not a mooch. A mooch in dictionary terms is "to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it". So if these people that are asking you for favors now or in the past fits this description, more often than usual, with feelings involved, it's pretty much like stealing. Friendship and trust can bring the best and worst out of people. I know that now, because people TRY to mooch off of me. But like I said as a former mooch, I can spot it a ways off. Now, a f**-up, is someone who is either too scared, too ignorant, or too evil to realize he/she needs a different mind set to be , how do you say, not a fuck up...lol
A mooch, is someone who blames outside influences for his own fuck-ups. It create continuous mooching counter-balanced by continuous start/stop action. Its not from being ignorant or evil, its from being content with mediocrity... I gotta get back to work, but I just wanted to chime in, in case some of you have a mooch/parasite/faux friend and you're thinking "If she could just see what is obviously right in front of her face, she'll be better" forget it. The weak NEVER become strong, because their happy to be weak. In this world, the people who matter are the usurpers, the strong who try to overcome the stronger... shit, now I'm ranting.
Brian OUT!
I have to agree with KL completely on this. He's made a positive assessment of the situation.
speaking of 48 laws of power, that's your book right, cause I can't find my copy anywhere
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