Alright it’s sad/deep bitch hours in this joint

A lot of children want to be “famous” for one thing or another (usually acting, music, or sports), but as people get older a majority of people (those without insane talent/skill when it comes to sports, music, or acting) settle on something more reasonable or realistic. I think for a lot of people they realize it’s because they realize that it’s nearly impossible to achieve fame in those fields. There’s another element of it that we don’t really talk about. It’s the dark side of fame: the idea that nothing you do will ever truly be private, and everything will be subject to public scrutiny and analysis that may not be fair, the fact that a lot of celebrities die young (typically from substance abuse related issues). I think there’s another element to it. I think as we grow, we realize that success isn’t measured by how many people know your name, but rather how you impact your corner of the world. I also think a lot of people start to measure success not so much by way of not what doing what is best for an individual, but what’s doing best for a collective. People who are financially successful (e.g. millionaires/billionaires) usually reach that level by way of helping themselves over helping others. People who are politically successful did what was best for those who helped them (so helping others to help yourself and your own ambition). People who are spiritually successful are those who may not get the acclaim, or even the most capital, but these are the people who find reward in helping others in one way or another and making a positive difference, no matter how small, in their part of the world. I think we’re seeing that a lot more in the Millennial and Gen-Z generations. I don’t think that people in that age range want to be as financially or socially or politically successful as boomers or Generation X because they realize that a collective is far more important than an individual. We cannot exist without a “WE”. Please remember there are no BIG “I”S and little “we”s in this world. You can want money or acclaim or whatever, but I don’t give a flying fuck what you drive, what your house looks like, or what tax bracket you’re in. I give a shit how you treat others, do you treat everyone with basic decency or do you treat others like you would a piece of trash you pass on the highway? Do you make the lives of those around you better, or do you make no impact? I know the end of this is going to sound cliche, but I’m gonna say it anyway. Can we please just be kinder to each other? Can we please strive to treat everyone with the decency we expect for ourselves? Things have been really difficult for everyone lately. I think we all just need to take a minute and tell the people that are important to us that we love them. Life is fragile and uncertain and hard. I think we are all realizing that now. I just feel like when this quarantine is over, I think we can start being a little more understanding and a lot kinder to one another.