So Whitney Houston died last week. She was just 48. It seems another celebrity succumbed to prescription medication, excessive alcohol, depression etc. Not so long ago we lost MJ (meds), Kirk Cobain and Jim Morrison (suicides) and so on. I was trying to think, what in the world could be wrong with them. They have had immense talent. They earned an immense amount of money due to that talent. Enough money that you can call it quits at 40, get a mansion at secluded island, show rest of the day-laboring world the finger and live in great health without 99% of worldly pressure whatsoever. So what incomplete dreams or desires these guys harbored that they take such extreme measures? Is it that the talent they possess comes at a great price? A price that normal OK-to-do person does not pay. Or is that they achieve so much fame, money, fanfare, love, importance, VIPness etc that the small incomplete portions of their lives now stand more highlighted and in-their-face-sized big, accentuated and they see themselves as failures. A lot of people go through failed marriages and bad childhood and lack of normalcy. But does it affect successful people a lot more than bottom dwellers?
I still stand by my rule. Make enough if money if you can and retire and live a happy healthy life. Do no linger is daily squats of work, commutes, office politics, attitudes, rude people and so on. Just make enough so you can live peacefully and happily.
But again, if it was that easy!
