ME AND MY BROKE LIFE
"To be rich is the dream life but the broke life is the sweet life." - take it from me.
Coming from a poor background, I've seen quite a lot. I've been badly hit by poverty.
I can define poverty as not being able to have what you want just because you cannot afford it. Welcome to my broke life!
So I had food on my table and could set aside a few bucks monthly as savings and I thought to myself that I was not poor, I'm middle class.*Back to reality*.
Some people travel within my country by plane. I've never been on one. Well let me just say that I am not poor just broke :) But I actually love living the broke life and if I become wealthy tomorrow, it's a life I would miss living.
Living the broke life, I was taught to be contented. That is key. It's something I would teach my children someday. Hey do you see that rich guy's daughter over there? So chubby cause her parents would never controlled her appetite.
-Oh! Wait a sec! -She wants some doughnuts. Oh! He's buying it. -Now she's pointing at the ice cream van. Oh! He's also buying it. She still wants biscuits! Are you kidding me! He's also buying it.* Trust me that never happened with me.
Secondly, you get true friends.It's been programmed. Poor kids want to be friends with rich kids. That type of friendship comes with benefits. Even my mom once told me,
"Why not mingle with these rich kids, you should make 'em your friends. They don't seek for jobs after school, they take over their father's businesses. You could get connected and get a good position in their company."
Well F**k that. Right now I feel like I've got the best friends in the whole wide world. We are together in the struggle, they make me smile. Making my day everyday. I've got some true friends.
Also you get to just be you. You don't have to pretend to be who you're not. There is no standard of moral behaviour expected from you. Who even cares about you apart from family, maybe some friends and the neighbourhood. No fame just people faking it.
But that's a good thing for me. I get to be myself every single day. Just like the old saying goes, "To whom less is given, less is expected." *wink
Yeah I'm broke but I never feel like I'm poor. I've got all my love to offer and my art, my fashion and my blog. I got a smile on my face every single day with peace in my heart. Can't you see how rich I am. The actual broke ones are those who have got only money to offer.
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