You can't afford to....

You cannot be broke and not be broken in a world where being broke is not unlike a crime. I mean you cannot afford to be broke in a world where you don’t even make sense if you aren't making money.

You cannot afford to be a compulsive giver or not be frugal in a world where when you become broke, the first people to roast you will be the very people you were of assistance to.

You cannot afford to be clueless or be ignorant in a world where everyone is (or pretends to be) conscious, or where everyone seems to know a little beyond everyone else’s knowledge.

You’ll be so naive to sit and wait for approval of what you do, knowing you live in a world where people are naturally so disinclined that even saying something nice about someone else is objectionable.

You’ll be foolish to ask for relationship advice from someone who sees all loving women as money-orientated beings, and caring guys as weak-willed men that will do, wear, think and say whatever their woman tell them to.

You cannot afford to share your private matters with an 'okra-mouth' and expect him/her not to repeat it to others. Well, except if you believe that the “virgin” going through an abortion in the maternity ward is indeed a virgin.

You cannot expect recognition for or as an accomplished autodidact in a world where not having a diploma is not unlike a disease.

You cannot afford to share plans of a bigger life with someone who’s always finding excuses or blaming the evil hand for not being able to achieve what he or she should have achieved.

You cannot afford to waste your energy talking to a people who’ll always take offence in everything, including the things you’re yet to say.

You cannot look forward to be treated like you’re making sense in a world that’s so passionate about nonsense – and I don’t know if I am making any sense, but that’s none of my business.