The Problem With Image

There's some type of people that I just can't people who will do anything and everything to maintain their image. One of my favorite songs is "For The Love of Money" by the O'Jays. One of the principles I gather from this song is how people will do anything to get ahead.  People will "steal from their mother" and "rob from their brother." Man, I can say personally this is true. People will steal from their own blood, friends, associates, coworkers, and/or clients whether it be credit, social security numbers, checking account numbers, pledges, etc. I see this nowadays, even more with people that have high positions. Managers, directors, coaches, priests, pastors, parents, and government officials. They will impose higher workloads on their employees to make themselves look good for the people they must answer to or to society. They will manipulate the people they are "mentoring, fathering, leading, or shepherding" out of their money, time, family, and talents to pay (fuel) for their expensive lifestyles (while the people they say they serve can't pay their bills). This also happens with the common man in society. People will cut off others from being their friends who don't have certain status in society (money, fame, nice things) and link up with others who do for the sake of their image. Some cut off their blood who may have issues for the sake of their image in the public eye. Image, the new American dream. It's more like a nightmare. I guess n----s (ignorant people) forgot that this life is like a leaf in the grass, in time it fades and won't last. Seeking and doing whatever to maintain a certain image in front of others is fronting on who you really are. People will go into incredible amounts of debt to maintain a stupid image but leave behind a ruined credit life that stains their family. I know of some people who are actively doing all I mentioned above and it's a matter of time before their "cookie crumbles." My advice is to you, don't try to keep up or seek an image so that you will be accepted by people in the status quo. Don't put on the mask to cover up your flaws with your face all caked up with make up in need of a shape up. Don't screw those who've been there for you because you won't to be in a certain prestigious clique. In the end, you'll lose more than your fleeting nice things and good moral standing, you will lose the love, respect, and relationships of those you will need to be in your life. Since vicariously leaving my religious lifestyle filled with seeking and maintaining an image, I can say this with confidence. Image ain't jack and in the end, your life will be destroyed by it like addicts on crack. Now think about that, image seekers....

Til next time.....