It occurs to me in light of recent life experiences that a large part of getting what you want involves doing exactly the opposite of what you want. You want to buy a car to go hang out with your friends? Well, you won’t be hanging out with your friends for a long time. Your friends are going to want you to come hang out with them, but you’ll have to tell them that you have a job, and can’t afford to spend any money. In fact, given the financial stability of a person at the average age at which most people purchase their first car, you’ll probably have to hoard pennies like a miser if you want that car any time within the next year or so.
I, for instance, would like my own apartment, my own car, and a steady, decent paycheck. I want to be able to hang out with my friends whenever I want, have some extra spending money every once in a while, and work my way towards being an independant person. In order to do that, I have to: a)stop hanging out with my friends for a while; and b)become disciplined enough to maintain school and a job.
It seems to me that there’s some great metaphysical pawn shop we all frequent, where hard work and discipline are compensated for with successes in life. It’s a barter system, through and through. Alchemy, if you will. You must give to receive. The Law of Equivalent Exchange. Karma, in a more materialistic sense.
