/lit/ - Literature

“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”

I think I speak for a lot of people here who frankly never really cared about money. Of course we care to live decently, but to live in the luxury’s of life? It never really crossed my mind, like why not work to be wealthy? I’ve been making a lot of money recently and I can’t describe to you how good it feels to have ALOT of your own money to pay the bills, wear new clothes, drive a foreign car, live in the top community. There is no feeling like having the respect of your family, going on vacations, buy gifts, parking valet, hair cut and massage, handing out big tips, giving to charity, etc. of course chasing money for money’s sake, or chasing money for the status, yes that’s ridiculous. There is a large voice today marching us to the sound of cash registers and epileptic music but there is also a sophisticated voice stopping us today with the polemics of yesteryears solutions to the problems of the world. The solutions today are much different and I don’t see why the most educated (/lit/ obviously) shouldn’t have a lot of their own money. Literate people should be paid by the government to stay smart but until that happens I say get rich. Drive in your new car to the office of a renowned publisher ready to pay the first installments of your new leather bound book that will be distributed to all the major books stores across the country. Pay for the flights to take you to the readings, the interviews. Write what you want in your new apartment with hardwoods floors and LG appliances. Watch The Last Emperor on a 80inch with Dolby surround sound as you grub through Benihana left overs in some wool padded loafers. Or chill in your insulated wooden cabin on 50 acres, whatever.

“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”