So last week i talked to some old friends, and realized, they were really not doing good and needed some help and some focus... so I come up with some ideas and decided to pay them a visit.
When I got there I was surprised how they were living. Like the poorest of the poor, they have food stamps, shop at Walmart... wear dirty clothes, man they smell bad, they dont shower...missing teeth, these guys have let themselves go. In the worst ways possible.
I know them and trust them, I know that they can do the work that I have to offer them. Front them some money, show them a lot of the ins and outs of the work that we will be doing and I sleep on their filthy couch for a few days.
I really get some perspective, damn this could have been me. Im from the same neighborhood, we went to the same schools, worked at the same places, living together a few times. We did a lot of that stuff together but now... wow... Im on a different level, they cannot imagine what it is like to be me. Just like I cannot imagine what it is like to be them.
I see the light though, I know that they can do what I do if they just believe. And now I know, I can do what it takes to be successful if I just believe.
Let me get this straight, Im not looking down on my friends, but they have allowed some things to happen that they can fix. They need to get themselves together.... Im sure that the work that I can offer them can do that, but only time will tell if it all works out.
