Mercy for the former friends?

(note: all the paragraphs from the original post have been deleted! This post was originally a response to former friends that I had serious disagreements with, and I had posted names and photos of them. As far as I'm concerned, while we might continue to view the world through different lens, I felt it was time to take down personal info of those involved


I have kept a copy of the original post just for evidence sakes. Also, just in case trouble starts again. 

I have kept other blog posts in which I expressed disagreement with their thoughts without mentioning their names.  But as far as I'm concerned, I'm done with having this public rivalry with former friends.)

Chosing Your Own Path

It's great to have ambition.


However, there are always "party poopers" out there who come to you claiming to be "realistic".

They may say stuff  like

- that's a useless major
- are there enough jobs in that field
- why don't you find a more steady career
- just go with the flow


If you say stuff like that, then YOU might be THE unrealistic one.

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Let's look at "that's a useless major" crap.


People say this crap about majors in the arts, humanities (ie. philosophy, linguistics, etc), and social sciences (ie. sociology, anthropology, history, etc).

There's this stereotype that those majors only lead to "serving coffee and flipping burgers"! Bull-CRAP!


In real life, those majors do lead to  real-life opportunities for entrance into  graduate school programs in law, public administration, social work  counseling, and (my favorite) library and information science.

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What exactly is a "useful major" anyways?

Just because a major is in demand now, doesn't mean it will be that way forever.

For example, one of my high school classmates started his college career as a ICS (information and computer science) major. That was his passion. Plus, at the time, there were many computer/internet companies gaining prominence.

But then ............the tech bubble burst! 

When that classmate graduated, it was harder to find jobs in his field.

The same was true about finance majors, real estate agents, architects, (all supposedly steady career paths)  when the financial meltdown occurred in 2008.


What I'm trying to say is Nothing in Life is Guaranteed!



Those chumps who say stuff like "get a steady career", are the same chumps who don't believe in taking risks in life.  They don't understand how life works. They don't understand that in order to experience greatness, you must take risks!


Where there are any guarantees when Bill Gates started Microsoft?

Where there are any guarantees when Steve Jobs started Apple?

 Where there are any guarantees when Mark Zuckerberg started facebook?

 Where there are any guarantees when Russell Simmons started Def Jam Records?


  Those people took major risks. They risked failure, they risked bankruptcy, they risked humiliation. 

They also made businesses that totally altered their industries!



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People will also tell you accept the world as it is. They dont want you to rebel against injustice. Their favorite phrase is "go with the flow"


Did Martin Luther King go with the flow?

Did Susan B. Anthony go with the flow?

Did Nelson Mandela go with the flow?

Did the Founding Fathers go with the flow?


Hell no, they made their own flow!

They took major risk. They didn't only risk failure, they risked violent death. 





And yet, their contributions improved the lives of so many, that they are now eternal heroes! 

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So what I'm trying to say is Don't waste your life satisfying the "party poopers" who tell you to "go with the flow", "only choose steady careers", "that's a useless major", "dont let it bother you"  or other self-defeating nonsense. Those people are NOT your allies, they DON'T have your best interest in their hearts!

Nothing in life is guaranteed anyways! Ambition requires risk! Take those risks!


After all, you only live once!