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Feeling sad for some professional athletes and stars
Over the last 2 weeks there have been some deaths to music stars, movie stars, and a football star. After these people pass it seems that all this bad news comes out about them. Now let's not kid ourselves with Micheal Jackson there was plenty of bad press before he passed.
Why does it seem that some of these people can not handle life after, and some during thier time in the lime light? I guess I am really talking about Steve Mcnair, who was just murdered by his mistress. He was 37 or 38 I believe married for a long time with 4 kids. He was in the publics eye a happily married man who did lots of charitey work, loved his family whole heartdly. We come to find out he had a 20 year old girlfriend, set her up with a condo, and a very nice vehicle. Then it comes out they think the reason she shot him was becaue he had another mistress. The really sad part is his wife and kids find this all out from the news media!
Is stardom and fame really worth all that you see happen to some of these people? If it is I am glad I am just a everydy normal person, and I really hope it stays that way, because all this just isn't worth it. One of Mcnairs former team mates came out and said that he just couldn't adjust to not playing football anymore. If more people who retired, did things like this, there would be alot more deaths in this ole world
But hey just my opinion....brian
Why does it seem that some of these people can not handle life after, and some during thier time in the lime light? I guess I am really talking about Steve Mcnair, who was just murdered by his mistress. He was 37 or 38 I believe married for a long time with 4 kids. He was in the publics eye a happily married man who did lots of charitey work, loved his family whole heartdly. We come to find out he had a 20 year old girlfriend, set her up with a condo, and a very nice vehicle. Then it comes out they think the reason she shot him was becaue he had another mistress. The really sad part is his wife and kids find this all out from the news media!
Is stardom and fame really worth all that you see happen to some of these people? If it is I am glad I am just a everydy normal person, and I really hope it stays that way, because all this just isn't worth it. One of Mcnairs former team mates came out and said that he just couldn't adjust to not playing football anymore. If more people who retired, did things like this, there would be alot more deaths in this ole world
But hey just my opinion....brian
Each has different need... has different source and levels of happiness.
YOu cannot impose your personal level of happiness to another person.
We all have a choice.
To live in a complicated life is a choice.
If you want to be rich and famous strive hard to get that,,, and suffer the consequence (e.g. more time to work harder, less family time, greater liabilities and etc.)
To live simply, is also a choice so be contented of what you have and suffer the consequences of your choice too ( like living within your limits and etc).
But life is a cycle.... after achieving a dream or goal,,,, you move to the next goal and find ways to achieve that too then start dreaming again... and that's the joy of living....
I think we should not feel sorry for those people who are rich or poor,,, it was the result of their choice they've made for themselves. Whatever process they've gone through in achieving their goal ( being rich, average, poor , fiancially, mentally, psychologically or etc) would contribute to their lives to become a better person or worst(hope not!).
There was a time I've volunteered in an institution , I was not financially rich, but I have other things that i can contribute to help the needy (ex. free conseling , free conducting of seminars, fed the malnourshed... and a lot more, i felt contented with that... it's my source of happiness at that particular time. Some millionnaires extended their help too by providing financial help. We both have a common goal,,,, which is to help but we have different ways of doing it depends on our availabilities and capabilities.
At that time I told myself that I was better, coz i have personal touch with the needy,,, coz i can actually talked and touched their lives personally, and God would love me more for being physically present with those needy people because I was exposed with any kind of disease that they might have.While the rich
people ? hah! they're just doing it for the sake of publicity (I was so mean of thinking that way!) Who was I to say that? Their hearts were with the needy too but due to time constraints they can't be physically available so they limit themselves by providing financial help.
As I've said... we all have different source of happiness... have different standards of being RICH. To some the value of $ 1Million can be a drop in a bucket, while to others it's the ultimate financial satisfaction
YOu cannot impose your personal level of happiness to another person.
We all have a choice.
To live in a complicated life is a choice.
If you want to be rich and famous strive hard to get that,,, and suffer the consequence (e.g. more time to work harder, less family time, greater liabilities and etc.)
To live simply, is also a choice so be contented of what you have and suffer the consequences of your choice too ( like living within your limits and etc).
But life is a cycle.... after achieving a dream or goal,,,, you move to the next goal and find ways to achieve that too then start dreaming again... and that's the joy of living....
I think we should not feel sorry for those people who are rich or poor,,, it was the result of their choice they've made for themselves. Whatever process they've gone through in achieving their goal ( being rich, average, poor , fiancially, mentally, psychologically or etc) would contribute to their lives to become a better person or worst(hope not!).
There was a time I've volunteered in an institution , I was not financially rich, but I have other things that i can contribute to help the needy (ex. free conseling , free conducting of seminars, fed the malnourshed... and a lot more, i felt contented with that... it's my source of happiness at that particular time. Some millionnaires extended their help too by providing financial help. We both have a common goal,,,, which is to help but we have different ways of doing it depends on our availabilities and capabilities.
At that time I told myself that I was better, coz i have personal touch with the needy,,, coz i can actually talked and touched their lives personally, and God would love me more for being physically present with those needy people because I was exposed with any kind of disease that they might have.While the rich
people ? hah! they're just doing it for the sake of publicity (I was so mean of thinking that way!) Who was I to say that? Their hearts were with the needy too but due to time constraints they can't be physically available so they limit themselves by providing financial help.
As I've said... we all have different source of happiness... have different standards of being RICH. To some the value of $ 1Million can be a drop in a bucket, while to others it's the ultimate financial satisfaction
Wealth is one thing, piracy is another We are not talking about people who are well off because they skimped because at the level of these entertainers, sport and otherwise, is not achieved by being frugal in three lifetimes of living.
The truth is even our education system is designed to offer more limited opportunities to the bulk of the population and their are solid reasons why 99% of the counties wealth is concentrated with less than 1% of the population and a lot of it has more to do with lobbying and legislators than Horatio Algers stories. I work for the government and I can tell you what the attorney a rich man has to make his appeal and protect his rights and income is going to be a whole heck of a lot more competent and likely to win that if a poor man takes up the same issue, ditto with healthcare and everything else!
The truth is even our education system is designed to offer more limited opportunities to the bulk of the population and their are solid reasons why 99% of the counties wealth is concentrated with less than 1% of the population and a lot of it has more to do with lobbying and legislators than Horatio Algers stories. I work for the government and I can tell you what the attorney a rich man has to make his appeal and protect his rights and income is going to be a whole heck of a lot more competent and likely to win that if a poor man takes up the same issue, ditto with healthcare and everything else!
I think you said what I was trying to say more succintly! Thanks.
I would rather be rich...lol. Sorry but people have affairs whether rich or poor. People die whether rich or poor. But you know what, I see all these stars break up and about a week later they are dating the next good looking person. This is the life they chose and honestly, struggling to make ends meat is not fun and can take away a lot of happiness one could have. Not saying money makes you happy but it does take away a lot of stress.
Well, I work for rich people, it is how I earn a living. These people are wonderful people. They actually are rich because they are frugel. Some of them use a paper towel, rinse it out and hang it to dry and use it again. They will spare no expense on things that are important to them however, like me (I do the cleaning and the laundry once a week). They do not refer to me as hired help tho, they call me a dear friend even when referring me to a friend of theirs. When they go away, they still pay me to housewatch for them just to keep me for the next season.
I have no problem with rich people, most of them were talented and worked their way into it, not born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
I also believe that if you dream a dream and want it badly enough, you can accomplish the same as anyone else. Without the rich, most of us would not have a job. With that said, if you are blessed with money, you should help charitable organizantions, and most of the people that I know, do.
I have no problem with rich people, most of them were talented and worked their way into it, not born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
I also believe that if you dream a dream and want it badly enough, you can accomplish the same as anyone else. Without the rich, most of us would not have a job. With that said, if you are blessed with money, you should help charitable organizantions, and most of the people that I know, do.
Sam everyone has opportunaties...myself was raised in rural Maryland my dad worked at a factory, we were far from rich. But we had the most important thing a family could have...good loving christian parents. Some have better opportuanties then others but life is what you make it. Why I said I feel sorry for these people it is because they had the money, fame, to able really to help others and thier lives end so tragic.
we make our own opportunities, look at MJ and Diana Ross both grew up in the ghettos very near me, they got lucky by meeting Barry Gordy, but they tried , they sang in many " not so nice places" before success. A lot of people volunteer their time on here by being community leaders, no pay the reward is the thanks from the members and knowing you/ me/we are helping them, It comes from with-in.
In my experience in working in a rehab facility and a long term care place, "lazy boobs" are usually suffering from ills or depression both of which are treatable or at the very least the symptoms can be helped. However people who do not desire help can not be helped. Most members on here who post questions are seeking enlightenment and help.
I agree that being in poverty would be not an easy life, I think most middle clas( yep dissapering I know) or even lower middle class, can be happy.
I can give one great and true example, 6 years ago my entire family went to Disney world , spent a lot of money had the time of our lives, but everyones favorite moment and memory of that vacation was free, we went to the beach at sunset, watched the sun go down, the children played in the sand as the tide went out and found many interesting creatures, It was beautiful, fun, a lovely wonderful time and free.
In my experience in working in a rehab facility and a long term care place, "lazy boobs" are usually suffering from ills or depression both of which are treatable or at the very least the symptoms can be helped. However people who do not desire help can not be helped. Most members on here who post questions are seeking enlightenment and help.
I agree that being in poverty would be not an easy life, I think most middle clas( yep dissapering I know) or even lower middle class, can be happy.
I can give one great and true example, 6 years ago my entire family went to Disney world , spent a lot of money had the time of our lives, but everyones favorite moment and memory of that vacation was free, we went to the beach at sunset, watched the sun go down, the children played in the sand as the tide went out and found many interesting creatures, It was beautiful, fun, a lovely wonderful time and free.
Money does not buy happiness, nor is poverty a path to happiness either.though! If you would feel sorry for anyone, feel sorry for people at the homeless shelter and then help them. Volunteer at the hospital, the red cross etc. Or feel sorry even for the lazy boobs who sit in front of a tv or computer and miss entire segments of their families lives. I refuse to feel sorry for people who get all the opportunities and then blow it!
It is not absurd to feel sorry for these people, for one money does not buy any happiness at all. If your not happy with yourself nothing else is going to make you happy. Some of these people have more money then they would ever need and thier life is so tragic....having all that money did nothing for them at all. Money in no way helps you otain any happiness like the quote you had said it does. So maybe you may want to rethink what your quoting....God Bless...brian
Money is important, but it's nothing if you have no one to share it with,,,.
Happiness starts within and it will radiate to the people around you. You don't find happiness from them,,, what you give is what you received.
But you must also have to think that whatever you give, people have different ways of accepting it, and that's the joy of living. Richness is how you have touched the lives of the people around you, and how/what they have learned from you and how they have applied it to themselves.
I've known a lot of people who lived with their millions but unhappy, finding happiness through spending and buying things to satisfy their physical needs but died alone and lonely.When a person dies, you don't think of his millions and properties and etc.what you remember is... how this person lived his life with you .
For me, to be rich with wonderful experiences.. being happy of what you are and what you have and be with the place where you're supposed to be is true happiness.
Money is just an instrument to satisfy your physical needs but what matters most is the satisfaction of the soul., which you could bring wherever you go.
The death of Michael Jackson brought awareness that one has to live life to the fullest. Share... what you have , do what you can ,say what you want and stand for it,,, and people will remember you for whatever image you've wanted to project. Negative press releases would be ignored if you do more good to your "significant others".For those who have negative thoughts about him...well , it's their right to express their opinions, let's just respect that and forgive them. ok?
Have a great day!
Happiness starts within and it will radiate to the people around you. You don't find happiness from them,,, what you give is what you received.
But you must also have to think that whatever you give, people have different ways of accepting it, and that's the joy of living. Richness is how you have touched the lives of the people around you, and how/what they have learned from you and how they have applied it to themselves.
I've known a lot of people who lived with their millions but unhappy, finding happiness through spending and buying things to satisfy their physical needs but died alone and lonely.When a person dies, you don't think of his millions and properties and etc.what you remember is... how this person lived his life with you .
For me, to be rich with wonderful experiences.. being happy of what you are and what you have and be with the place where you're supposed to be is true happiness.
Money is just an instrument to satisfy your physical needs but what matters most is the satisfaction of the soul., which you could bring wherever you go.
The death of Michael Jackson brought awareness that one has to live life to the fullest. Share... what you have , do what you can ,say what you want and stand for it,,, and people will remember you for whatever image you've wanted to project. Negative press releases would be ignored if you do more good to your "significant others".For those who have negative thoughts about him...well , it's their right to express their opinions, let's just respect that and forgive them. ok?
Have a great day!
Having been poor and having been middle class it is absurd to feel sorry for these people! Overall the rich are happier and able to live life much fuller and usually longer than the average person, and to think otherwise is self delusion.
People whether poor or rich often make bad decisions and the truth is for the poor and middle class the resolutions of those problems are more likely to be dire than those for the very rich.
Honestly to feel sorry for them is absurd when that one football player probably lived more fully in his 38 years than you or I in the years allotted to us!
"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." Woody Allen
"Money may not be able to directly buy happiness, but it certainly makes obtaining it easier" TierneyLab
"Money May Not Buy Happiness But It Does Get You A Longer, Healthier Life
in: Analysis, Health & Fitness, Money Talk, Science & Technology News
The moneyed and those who retire early are likely to live longer, happier lives
It may not guarantee happiness, but money, it seems, is the key to a long and healthy old age.
Those who are poorer and less well educated die earlier and develop illness sooner than the better off and well-qualified, a Government-backed study said yesterday"
People whether poor or rich often make bad decisions and the truth is for the poor and middle class the resolutions of those problems are more likely to be dire than those for the very rich.
Honestly to feel sorry for them is absurd when that one football player probably lived more fully in his 38 years than you or I in the years allotted to us!
"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." Woody Allen
"Money may not be able to directly buy happiness, but it certainly makes obtaining it easier" TierneyLab
"Money May Not Buy Happiness But It Does Get You A Longer, Healthier Life
in: Analysis, Health & Fitness, Money Talk, Science & Technology News
The moneyed and those who retire early are likely to live longer, happier lives
It may not guarantee happiness, but money, it seems, is the key to a long and healthy old age.
Those who are poorer and less well educated die earlier and develop illness sooner than the better off and well-qualified, a Government-backed study said yesterday"
I tell people who think money equates happiness all the time that it is not true. like sara said give me a happy ghetto over a unhappy mansion any day !! simple= good
give me ghetto dwelling anyday!!!
Liky you Jolly, if that is what fortune and fame does for you, I dont want any! I just dont know what the guy Mcnair was thinking. Everyone knows 20 year olds do not take rejection lightly. He was not real smart that way. My heart goes out to his family, for sure.
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