Investing: Quality over quantity

There is a distinct difference between being cocky and being confident and secure.
This creates a thin line between being strong and being insecure.

The facade of a strong, cocky man is common and fools many other fools
who are trying to fool themselves.
But for a strong, secure man these fools are very much transparent.
Easily spotted with their eyes focused on everyone else except their
own happiness, so caught up in creating an image produced out of the
fools around them that their originality is lost in the process.

Can you spot the fools or are you becoming a clone too?
Take a look at how transparent these people are based on their lack of
quality, It’s become so difficult to spot good quality amongst the
imitations however  it’s easy to see the cracks if you just take the
time.

But don't waste your time draining your finances on imitations, and trying
to prove their price to others and yourself- focused only on monetary
value.

They don't last long, they hold no value and are there to impress
everyone else, only producing outgoing negative energy that you will gluttonously indulge in and become a part of- wanting more cheap imitations to compensate for all it lacks.

But originals, well originals feel different, they have an addictive
energy and wit that you crave to be around, that you feed off, that feels
amazing and lasts longer than any imitation will. You’ve worked hard
for it and you’re happy with just the one because you know it will
last and you will never find yourself justifying how genuine it is to
anyone else.
People know by the way you treat it, the way you handle
it and how content you are with it, the important thing is that you
know how real it is.

Invest in quality and benefit in positive value, become strong, truly
strong and secure, because anyone can be just strong. It takes real
strength to be secure.

Pebbles

There is a pebble in my shoe. I feel it in every step I take, it has
bothered me all day, I’ve had many opportunities to take it out but
have not bothered enough to stop, bend down, take my shoe off, find my
balance on one leg and shake out the pebble.

What keeps me almost content about keeping this pebble in my shoe is
the idea that when I get home and take off my shoes I will take it out.

However deep down I know that when I do get home I will be so keen to
get on my Uggs that I probably won’t even take the time to shake out
that pebble, because it’s not bothering me now.

The next time I wear those shoes I will know they have the pebble in
them and slip them straight on continuing with my initial mindset of the day the pebble was first in them.

However what if there was another pebble in there now? Two pebbles.
Would that constitute enough motivation for me to stop, bend down,
take my shoe off, find my balance on one leg and shake out both the
pebbles?

Sometimes we let things go that have such simple solutions initially.
why is it we need to accumulate the pebbles in our shoes before we take
the time to stop, bend down, take our shoe off, find our balance on one
leg and shake out all our pebbles?

I've become somewhat complacent of my pebble, even almost accepting it by walking in a way that accommodates the discomfort so the pebble is a bit more tolerable.

I have every intention of removing it for I know its not meant to be there.
But I need to seize time to stop, feel comfortable enough to take off my shoe, find my own balance on one leg and shake out my pebble so its no longer mine. Left visible on the pavement, put back on my shoe and learn to walk properly once again without my pebble.

Anne Archer
June 2014