>this is all i said basically and that these external influences
>on your thoughts will ALWAYS influence you no matter what.
>you can choose to do whatever, but how think will
>always be determined a great deal by external sources, for
>better or for worse.

yes they will always influence you, but putting any more weight on them than is necessary will lead to nothing but stagnation.

my dad always told me when i was growin up "there's always an excuse." it's true. there's an excuse for anything. sometimes more apparent sometimes less apparent. knowing how your own views are influenced by yr surroundings is a part of knowing yourself. but assuming all of the views of your surroundings without questioning anything is pure stupidity. especially in as sick of surroundings as we live in.

>lots of things, sports athletes, national leaders, etc for example are
>often times driven by insecurities in themselves to do great

what do they achieve when their motivation is insecurity? i sure as hell wouldn;t want a national leader who was insecure about his or herself.

athletes who are primarily motivated by insecurities reap a helluva lotta damage on people with a lotta ease, due to their celebrity status.

lil kim is very obviously motivated by her insecurities. she is highly regarded and has high sales. is she doing great things?

>things in order for people
>to refer them as great
>and to see themselves as
>a great. there's an intense
>desire to overcome the insecurity,
>this is source of motivation..



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"baby,
I'd draw yuh bath
like Picasso..

pick you,
like fruit
off yuh family tree. &
eatcha' honeydew ass,
wet"

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