Me on My Soapbox

Why are there always lines at Wal-Mart? Any time of day. ANY time of day! I have gone there at 2, 3 in the morning piss drunk to buy some food to eat and there are still long lines. To me this is crazy. It looks like amusement part ride lines. Except when you get to the head of the line, there is no roller coaster. Just a semi-retarded fuck face working a cash register. Kind of like when you're at Speedway.

Now I'm not trying to put these people down by saying I'm better than them, but I am. Obviously these people may not have had the best options to go with in life, but most of them never tried. And don't give me that "You grew up in a better environment" bullshit. I've heard it all. Everything I have, I've worked for. My car, a nice paying job, all of my guitars, everything. I have never given up, even when I wanted to. So yeah, I am better than them. In life there is always a pecking order, and you should never settle for the bottom of it. You say 'Can't', I hear 'Don't want to'. If you look at people who are given everything and think that is the only way to get what you want, then maybe you deserve to be giving me my change when I'm filling up my new car. You must Refuse to bow down.

Maybe that is a harsh, or wry, or even maybe a biased point of view, but how many athletes or musicians had nothing as children and held onto their dreams and made something great of themselves? And those are the one in a million shots. What about the people who had nothing and simply worked hard? You never hear about it in that case, but it happens. They just aren't publicized. So what I'm saying is, if a random person can rise up from a community of poverty to become one of the world's greatest athlete or an award winning musician, you have no right to blame your unfortunate situation on anyone but yourself. You don't even have to set your goals as high as musician or athlete, what about saying, "Hey, I want my education and a decent job, and a life where I don't depend on other people for EVERYTHING." It's a lot easier to succeed if you just fucking try.

Now I almost feel bad, maybe a little guilty. Like I'm sort of being an elitist. But if you think about it, honestly, am I wrong? Just look at all the assholes that have every opportunity to make something of themselves, the ones who have people in their lives that would bend over backwards to help them succeed, yet they do nothing. They'd rather b nothing or become nothing simply because it's easier. Why work when you can be a worthless piece of shit and blame other people? It starts with yourself. The only limitations you have are the ones you put on yourself.