Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] What is going on, y'? All? So today I want to share a great message with you. I went to work today, worked a 12 hour shift, came home, I'm recording this podcast, which I'm super excited about. But that's not even the message at all. The message today is I want you to stop dumbing yourself down, all right? I want you to give everybody a hundred proof of you, the shot of you that people can't handle. Let them spit you out, but do not spit yourself out. Okay? So talk, Let me, let me, let me talk to you here about this.
[00:00:29] So I'm at work and I have what you call an og, right? So an OG is probably someone that's older than you that tries to school you on something or tries to explain something to you. I'm a very well read and studied person, right? So last time the same guy talked to me, told me, hey, he retired from the military, he retired from the post office, and, you know, not to be complacent in life.
[00:00:55] Now, I am the wrong person to tell to be complacent, because if you would have asked me a couple questions, you will know I'm the furthest thing from complacency, right? I may have my days or maybe my weeks, but majority of the time, my mom and my wife will tell you I'm above average. My dad will even tell you I'm way above average in terms of complacency. I have a hard standard for myself. But I digress that now. What was happening was today when we, when we, we had this conversation, he started off, he said, you know, hey, how you doing? Doing good. All that small talk. Then after that, we started talking and, and he said, you know, hey, don't be complacent, Massey. A lot of guys come here, spend 20, you know, 30 years, and they still, what, they started in their 20s, and now they're still in their 30s and still here with us on the job, work security.
[00:01:41] And then funny enough, he.
[00:01:44] I say, man, well, hey, we got to get it by any means, right? And then he's like, he's like, do you love, you know, do you love money? I said, yes, of course you're gonna ask me that question. Everybody knows I do love money. Then he instantly, after that question, he says, well, do you love. Do you love. Do you love money more than God?
[00:02:04] And I instantly rebuttal with him, and I say, okay, is it? So I. So just because I love money doesn't mean I can't love God. Or, or just because I love God doesn't mean that instantly I can't love money. And then I also said too, is that. And I use a comparison. I said, if I love my wife, does that mean I love my. My child or my children less? Because I love my wife? Almost as if that love is this tank that if you give it only to one person, then other people can't get love. That's not what I believe. I believe love is this infinite thing that you can have multiple relationships of love with people, right? I can love my mom to the highest and fullest level. I can love my dad to this fullest level. And there's also different types of love. There's that Philadelphia fila love, right? Which is the term Philadelphia comes from that philos love, right? And then there's arrows like that sexual attraction love, right? I can have that fila, that Philadelphia love, right? For, like, for my brother, brotherly love.
[00:03:03] One of my. One of my boys, Jose Batista, love that dude, right? I don't have arrows left for him like I have for my wife, right? That sexual, that intimate love.
[00:03:12] So what?
[00:03:15] And then from there, after we kept going with the conversation, then he tried to hit me with the ethical question.
[00:03:22] He of, hey, do you love, you know, do you love? Would you kill for. Would you kill for money? And I said, I took a step back and I said, that's an ethical question. And that's. That's kind of funny that you asked that. But what's the whole situation? Because I can answer the. The moral answer would be to tell you, no, I would not kill for money. But realistically, yes, I would. And him being in the military, and me being in the military too, I posed this question. I didn't even pose the question. I told him, I was like, you have killed for money. I have killed for money. We are both in the military. And the end of the day, the US government goes out and acquire bases. And what are we doing at the end of the day with all these bases, right? It's to acquire more money, resources. Which at the end of the day, it comes down to what? Finances, financial situation for our country, right? So will we kill for money? Yes, we will. Whether we directly or indirectly do it, we were part of a system that does that.
[00:04:20] Then after that, the conversation got a little, little weird.
[00:04:23] He was more a standoffish, I would say. And I think his idea of trying to share knowledge with me, I think he saw that I was very well read and very well studied because yet again, this idea that he tried to put me in a corner and box me by saying, well, do you love God or money more? And using these ethical choices, like these static questions, right? Where in the real world do you love God or money? You can love both equally.
[00:04:54] It doesn't. Just because you love one doesn't mean you hate the other. Just because you love the other doesn't mean you hate. You hate the other one. Right? Or if I love God, doesn't mean I hate money.
[00:05:04] If I love money, doesn't mean I hate God. That's what we have to understand here, right? And this is my message for you is one, don't dub yourself down. Don't just say nod and let people just tell you whatever.
[00:05:16] Because what happens is many people want to implant their own thoughts and their ideas into you by telling you, well, if you love God, then you can't love money. What is the obsession with being broke?
[00:05:29] I don't know what it is, but I hope you understand. From the bottom of my heart, I want you to be so goddamn rich. Because the type of person listening to this podcast, I know you're a good person. And if you had more money, you would do more good things. So with that being said, I'm going to tell you this. Make more money, accept that. And also, don't dumb yourself down. If someone wants to tell you something ridiculous, throw it right back into their face. All right. A little more charged up than my usual podcast, but I hope you understand the message and I hope you understand what I'm trying to share with you.
[00:06:02] If you resonate with this message, if you like what you heard, share this. Tag me on Instagram, Facebook, all my social media at being a gampa. Can't wait to hear. I can't wait to see you again.
[00:06:15] All right, love you. But.
