Don't Sshhhh Where You Eat

Early last year, I read an amazing book by music legend Nile Rodgers called "Chic." One part of the book, he talks about his time hanging and working with pop legend Madonna. He shared one night, Madonna out the blue asked him why he never tried to screw her. He replied he gave her the reason that I'm passing on to you, "don't shit where you eat." Pause (in Dame Dash's voice). Think about it. Take your mind back to those situations where you made a mistake that cost a friendship, swiped opportunities for a job promotion, put dents your marriage, or made people lose respect for you. That's a hard pill to swallow, isn't it? From time to time in our lives, we tend to pull down our unders, bend over, and let some pretty disgusting things come out of us (I'm metaphorically speaking). In our society, shitting where we eat is a common practice. In business terms, it's unethical behavior. Record companies screw their artists, congressman give themselves raises while the public struggle, spouses cheat on each other out of malice, and spiritual leaders take their followers' admiration for dishonest gain. Although these folks who like to use people place and things as their toilet bowls at their leisure, the funk is going to hit the fan. People are going to get a whiff and are going to say something about it. There's going to be some backlash and the suspect is going to get their just due. That record company will face lawsuits from their artist and face some fiscal woes in the process. Congressmen get their funk behinds exposed by a radical journalist. A spouse will get divorced and pay some serious alimony. A spiritual leader will lose the respect and "donations" he or she once counted on by their followers. A boss could lose his job to the one they are shitting on. As I've said before, karma is real and is the tool God uses to bring us down. What if Nile stroked Madonna, where would his career be? Madonna catches feelings, spreads his dirty laundry throughout the record business, and bam, he's done. That can happen to us. Why ruin a good thing doing others wrong? Why create drama when there is peace in the workplace. Why betray our friends and family for a cheap thrill? Why lie to your followers and face double hellfire for the man above? That's some serious stuff. As I  ponder on this, i try my best to do what's right to others. I'm done shitting on the good folks no matter where they're from, who they are, or what they believe in. So please this evening, remember this thought from David, don't shit where you eat. Your home. Your family. Your job. Your friendships. Your enemies. Your associates. Whatever, however, whoever, don't shit where you eat.....

Til next time, my friends......