Monday 1 February 2016

Give a man a fish...

They say give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, in view of the fact that he will go hungry again. But if you teach a man to fish, you are feeding him for a lifetime, because anytime he is hungry, he will go and fish to feed himself. But I guess that was before temporary support became a permanent job.

Today, teach the average kid how to fish, he will sell the boat and the entire fishing tackle. Best case, he will attempt to go abroad by any means. In the worst-case scenario, he will buy a smartphone, a pair of Jordans and divide up the rest between the proprietors of McCaesar's, Tottie’s, Wow, Luigi's, The Elite’s Club, Milly’s, Duplex, Taj India, Poco Loco, Aquarius Nightclub, The Butcher’s shop, etc.

When he is broke, instead of taking responsibility for his decisions and actions and grow from the experience, he will become so easily upset about everything, blaming causes that never were, and for choices he freely made. Any close relation he believes can be a source of bailout will be considered an enemy unless able. Look, I know these things because I have been there.

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