Sun Feb 08 2004 - Richness is happiness?
Richness is happiness?
What a day. It seemed like things were going to good. The alarm was set to wake up early so me and Michelle could go to church. We end up waking at 9Am and while I kinda felt we wouldn't make it to the early service, I thought we could make the later one. The thing is that Michelle ended up taking an hour long shower. I ended up playing video games with my newphew who brought his gamecube over. When she got out, she expected me to get right off. I didn't. *i did an hour later* When I did, she was pissed. I tried to calm her down and stuff but she didn't want to be calm. She wanted to be mad at me. So after literally begging her to calm down I decided to leave the house before I went crazy. I was so mad I felt the urge to hit her. Since that is an option for me I decided to take off. So I did for an hour. When I got back, she was in tears. After LONG talks, she got better. I was still upset because I felt I did nothing that should've made her mad at me for so long. Anyways, we get out the house together and its pretty bumpy. To make a long story shorter, we make it back home.

WHen I get home, I decide to call Bobby because he has been calling me. So I told him I didn't call him because I was stressed. He actually wanted details so I basically told him. He decided to come over with his Madden game because I told him its something I tried to rent but couldn't. While he was here, we covered ALL kinds of things. From school, to religon. He believes in God but not in any specific religon. He was kinda bashing the bible and God. Said God was mean. Examples included the time he took down Sodom and Ghomora, Jacob's trial, and how Abraham almost had to kill his son. I found myself defending the bible and explaining why he did those things. *basically because of sin, and to test faith* We then get on the subject of money. He is openly materialistic. He explained it in a very logical way though. Not in a selfish way one would think he would talk about money being happiness. He believes it helps achieve happiness. You get what you want and don't have to worry about anything. I brought out the fact that people are struggling and it's greed that holds us back. He's favorite lines of the night were "its not my problem" "I can't saved the world, I"m not Jesus" "I have enough trouble looking out for myself" I could see how he could think that way. I'm probaly still too idealistic. I want money so I can help others. So people don't have to starve and struggle during thier limited stay on Earth. I dunno. I always wanted someone to help me. If I had the power and someone was in my situation, I would help them, otherwise, I'm like every other cold person. Though, I don't need that much help anymore. I'll make it on my own and not owe anyone anything. Hell, I may turn like Bobby. No one has helped me, why should I help? Screwem, screwem all. They all left me for dead. Why not do the same. I just may. When someone asks me for money, I'll tell them to get a job. Or better yet, I'll just fail to even acknowledge them. I'll just shrug. When they come to me with this or that, I can just retort, "not my problem, is it?" Unless ofcourse they're paying me, like when i'm a psychologist, then I can entertain their problems for $60 an hour. I dunno, a lot of deciding for me still. That is all. ~END~

Comments (1)

kaliko88 (Legacy)
Your friend is falling into the same trap I did long ago, getting mad at the bible because of a few incidents that at first I did not fully understand. Hope he learns better. Doesn't sound like he'd listen, though. Still if he ever heard what life in Sodom and Ghomora were REALLY like, he might not be so mad. Wasn't it not too long ago that many people today were saying "Just kill them all" about Afghanistan?

As for the it's not my problem/i gotta look out for me attitude - that's one of those things will come back some day to bite you in the ass. Some would call it karma, I call it short-term dumb-ass thinking. For instance why do a lot of people enthusiastically help their church? Because their church helps them. A lot!

I dunno, that kind of thinking always bugs me. Once someone asked me why I help at the shelter so much. "You volunteer there almost every Saturday giving up one of your days off, you constantly give stuff to them, you do projects for them that eat up the rest of your free time. I think their taking advantage of you." My answer? "Because I like to do it. Why do you need a reason to help?"

>^..^<
 
 
 
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