Days gone by

[Valkie]

When I was about 9 years old all I got for Xmas was a handkerchief.

I used it dry my tears at such a lousy present.

I swear to you
Everything I have written is the gods truth.

My parents were quite poor.
We had little but love.
We made do and made our own fun.

Most of the other kids I knew were not much better off

For this reason and for the love of my life
I worked hard, studied hard and advanced through to management and more wealth.
My kids wanted for little, but we did not spoil them.

It's been a hard life
But it's been worth it.

My story is true too.
I had a hard life when I was young.
We only had good food because my father had a huge and productive veggie garden
and he went fishing at least once per week.
We lived mostly on fresh vegetables & fish.
The only time we had a roast dinner was Xmas when we had a roast chicken a few times.
I had it tough.

And I'll bet, as a result, it made you stronger and a better man.

We lived through hard times
But we worked to give our families better lives than we had.

Both of us could easily have played the victim
We could have complained and demanded what we did not work for or deserve.
We could have blamed our past, as so many do, for not trying to better ourselves.

Yes it cost
I worked two, sometimes 3 jobs to get ahead
I spent many many hours studying and educating myself, to better myself.
My family saw little of me in the early years, but because we loved each other, we persevere.
I may not be rich, but I am comfortably well off.

Your past does not dictate who you will be.
But it does strengthen your resolve.
Only the weak, the pathetic blame their upbringing, their past.
The strong break tgese bonds and tgey succeed despite the odds.

It's a shame so many weak people blame the past, their colour, their religion, their upbringing.
They hate themselves and become worthless.

You are what you want to be.

[Bobby]

And I'll bet, as a result, it made you stronger and a better man.

We lived through hard times
But we worked to give our families better lives than we had.

Both of us could easily have played the victim
We could have complained and demanded what we did not work for or deserve.
We could have blamed our past, as so many do, for not trying to better ourselves.

Yes it cost
I worked two, sometimes 3 jobs to get ahead
I spent many many hours studying and educating myself, to better myself.
My family saw little of me in the early years, but because we loved each other, we persevere.
I may not be rich, but I am comfortably well off.

Your past does not dictate who you will be.
But it does strengthen your resolve.
Only the weak, the pathetic blame their upbringing, their past.
The strong break tgese bonds and tgey succeed despite the odds.

It's a shame so many weak people blame the past, their colour, their religion, their upbringing.
They hate themselves and become worthless.

You are what you want to be.

I am better as a result.
In any case I was smart enough to get a scholarship to study.
That got me out of poverty and I've never looked back. ( till now )

[Valkie]

Why

"Till now"?

[Bobby]

Why

"Till now"?

Because you reminded me.

[Valkie]

Why

"Till now"?

Because you reminded me.

That's what make us better than others
We can look back and see how far we have come
We can look back and see how hard work and effort have been rewarded.
We can look back and say " I have succeeded in life, despite the odds"

Many people just, the parasites, the looser, the terminally lazy.
Look for excuses so that they can blame everyone else but themselves.
It's a whole culture of victim mentality.
They hate themselves because deep down they know.
They know it's truly them that has failed
They know they are worthless
They know that the reason the beg and demand support is simply because they are too lazy to work at being a success.

They would not have survived hundreds of years ago
They woukd simply have starved.
It woukd be better if we adopted the same measures now.