Poverty, Almost Guaranteed

Don't ask me "why?", because I couldn't tell you. But somehow I was reminded of my Dad on the occasion of my finishing Jr. High School. He sat me down and said, "Son, I think you want to give serious thought to quitting school and getting a job while you STILL KNOW EVERYTHING". (That's a 'tongue in cheek')

Anyway IT GOT me to thinking of advice to young people: Here's what you can do to ALMOST guarantee poverty.Refuse to do homework.

1. Refuse to do homework.
2. Never READ anything except a comic book. Absolutely never read anything assigned by a teacher. After all, what do they know?
3. Skip school.
4. Drop out as soon as you can. You can always blame the school, teachers, courses, etc. later on.
5. Use drugs, etc. They're like vitamins for your brain.
6. Have a baby or sire one while still in your teens and unmarried.
7. Limit your circle of friends to those described above.

Do all or most of the above and you will have a really good head start at living in poverty, materially and spiritually, the rest of your life.

Notice! All of the foregoing involve CHOICES, not force or circumstances. They have to do with PERSONAL responsibility, not other people. So, it's a question of the attitude we decide to have.

St. Paul offers some good advice: "Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, excellent and deserving of praise, KEEP YOUR MIND ON SUCH, AND DO IT, AND THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU… (Phil. 4:8)