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Originally Posted by Jel
That's pretty sad too  Seems lots of people think that being grateful for what you do have (which I do agree is very important) is the end game. Such a waste. |
I saw another great example of it today. There is this show on MTV called World of Jenks. It is an hour long show where a documentary filmmaker Andrew Jenks travels all over and meets people, typically in their 20's that are doing something interesting or facing certain challenges and he follows them around and lives in their world for a while. The show is often pretty cool. The new season started this week and one of the guys he is following is a guy who is a dancer from Oakland, California. The guy has some killer moves and is very talented. He is also an ex-gang member and drug dealer who saw his brother get shot down in the streets and has lost tons of people in his life. At first he tells Jenks he is dedicated to showing that Oakland can turn itself around and he wants to help younger people make something good from their lives through dance. Those are noble ideas. Then you find out he has a girlfriend and a baby and they live in a tiny little apartment and are basically living in poverty, yet all his energy is focused on helping others. It just seems to me that someone needs to tell this guy to take his family and move the fuck out of that shitty city and make something of himself so he can provide a good life for his family before he worries about other people. Once he has success then he can come back and help others.
As I watched and listened to him talk it was as if he had already decided his life was pretty much done so he was focused on making his son's life and other kids' lives better.