Dollar Signs Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Being You
by Jordan Cooper
Everyone in today’s America wants to be rich financially. They want to be Donald Trump. They are wanting to be Martha Stewart. They are great people, but everybody is built differently. Nobody is situated like you and your circumstances will always be different from someone else. Therefore, it’s almost like committing suicide once people try to imitate another person or put material things into a stratospheric category.
We can pretend we are other people and we will always be reacquainted with the revolving mirror that helps you see the true you. The thing that people need to focus on is having a wealth of qualities to be good workers. Whether you’re working for your clients, working for your church, or your government we need good attitudes. Next, people need to be cool having a comfy life for their families and grandchildren. Being able to provide for your kids for their entertainment, enlightenment, and enjoyment should be on top of all of our lists.
Living large and lavish is not what Mahatma Gandhi or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted for everyone. They wanted people to have big hearts and lots of respect for others.
We have to learn how to broadcast our hearts too and not just our attainments. They weren’t rich monetarily. However, they had a rich spirit to give everyone the opportunity to be happy with one another and provide for their families in this democracy. Being opulent moola-wise will not get you to heaven, get your kids to love you, or your co-workers to respect you. Being subjugated by the subject of whopping tangible wealth will only prevent yourself from being free emotionally.
Consequently, it will constrict your thought process into being narrow-minded and your horizons limited. What you do with your mores, morals, and money is how people will remember you. Make sure those memories are a fond one.
Jordan Cooper is a USC graduate who played football under Coach Steve Spurrier. He was the youngest African American to serve on a gubernatorial campaign staff at the age of 13 under then Congressman Bobby Jindal as his Co-Chair for Blacks for Jindal. He was the first African American to serve in the Gov. and Lt. Gov’s offices in S.C. as a Constituent Correspondent and Special Assistant respectively (Haley/Bauer). He was also the youngest to serve in on a GOP presidential campaign staff in America and youngest black Co-Chair of a Congressional campaign (Bauer for Congress 2012).
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