Now I don’t know about you, but family hasn’t always been there for me, especially when I needed them. From my experience depending on family is a fatal flaw and trusting them is a cardinal sin. They aren’t going to be there for you, but they will be there to watch you fall. They will be the first to assure you all will be well and help is on the way while ecstasy quietly takes over their black black heart. It is a joy for them to see you falter and fail and this feeling is disguised behind the darkest veils of false sympathy and concern. The sadistic pleasure they derive is directly proportional to the hardship you face. The inner workings of the relatives mind is a secret perhaps only known to the devil and his close cronies.

Bear in mind, parents are different from your family. when I say family I don’t include them in it. Your parents are more a part of you than anything external like a family. By family I refer to all the bad news hungry fat uncles and aunts eagerly awaiting the next juicy tidbit of gossip coming from the home front. You know the ones I am referring to. The ones’ who resemble a poisonous toad with the fangs of a viper. Truly neither their bite nor their bark is worse. Their whole personality is so toxic that their very presence can cause flowers to wither and fade. We all have some people like that in our life; the ones who make us want to send our blood for testing wondering if it is really thicker than water. These are the people why we value our friends so much. Really who needs enemies? I got family.

One thing that will stand by you in sickness and in health, for better or worse, and through thick and thin is money. Plain hard cash can take care of most miseries in this world. It can get you whatever you want. It can open closed doors and make the impossible possible. The almighty dollar is all powerful, and in God we trust. When you are faced with hardship don’t depend on anyone, don’t even bother telling your relatives unless you want their glee to know no end. Trust in yourself and the power in your bank account. That will carry you through the hardest of times. It will be there for you unconditionally. Know that no kernel of nourishing corn can come to you but by the effort of your own labour. Nobody ever made anyone great. Everyone rises from their own effort. Believe in yourself and what you possess and you will never need to depend on anyone.