Success

People say success is nothing without someone to share it with. Well therein lies the problem...You're with the person for their success but were nowhere to be found during the struggle. When a person finally gets their big break, everybody and their mama want to show love like they played a part in that person's success. I feel like this: If you weren't part of the struggle, you don't deserve to be part of the shine. Period. Case In Point and this happens far too often: A woman and man get together with the intent of building a life together. They're both goal oriented but the woman can't see past the man's current situation and assumes he'll always be content with mediocrity. Little does she realize that man is in the process of making a better life for himself, but she's too impatient to see that so she leaves him. He may or may not be hurt so he focuses on his goal(s). Years later, that same woman sees him doing well for himself and is checking for him now. He's not giving her the time of day just like she wasn't patient with him during the grind. He's justified in his response because if you can't support a person during the struggle, you don't deserve to celebrate their success. Success is in my future, but I don't think I want anyone to share it with because other than a few close friends and family, nobody had my back during the struggle so they don't deserve to celebrate in my prosperity. That's what got T.O. (Terrell Owens) in his current mess; he was taking care of TOO MANY people and didn't know how to say no. He had the wrong people in his corner when years earlier, many of those people were probably nowhere to be found but when T.O. started making millions playing pro ball, they started hanging around him. When you make it big, always...ALWAYS keep your team small because you don't know who's for you because you're doing well and who's for you because they really want to be in your life.