Beating a Dead Horse

 We live in an era of mud.  We have a lot of things going on in the world, people are older, and maybe not necessarily wiser.  I would think some people would’ve had their eyes opened to things especially after the last ten years or so.  Celebrities and politicians were certainly quick to come up with some kind of line that made them sound enlightened.  The truth though is that people aren’t as smart as they think.  People spend all this time trying to be relevant to others instead of being relevant to themselves.  We’re in a mad panic to be a celebrity or think somebody will drop a million dollars on us for posting on Tik Tok.  Life doesn’t work like that. 

People think TED Talks matter, or that Bono is the great philosopher of our time.  Normal people don’t watch TED Talks, and I doubt everyone listens to U2 anyhow.  Instead of trying to be trendy try being realistic.  We can’t even use the word “authentic” anymore because its become a buzzword that’s been beaten into overuse as much as anything else.  Be realistic with yourself.  Ten years from now your life will be completely different from what it is now.  Some things you can’t control, and some you can.  But trying to sellout now is stupid.  Do you even have the same friends, or are in the same situation that you were in even five years ago?  You really think that you’ll be in the same position you’re in now?  That doesn’t mean financial, or location even, you’re not going to have the same friends you do now, and you’re not going to be making the same mistakes you’re making now because you’ll have learned from them.  Why sell out now when you won’t even by the same person later?

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