Life Is A Banquet... And Most Poor Suckers Are STARVING!
We all have our favorite movies--- those of us who watch them. Sometimes a line or scene can stay with you forever.
One late night many years ago, I was sick with the flu or my girlfriend had left me or something--- I don't remember what. But anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I went into the living room and turned on the TV. Television has a way of making me feel better. It's been my constant companion for as long as I can remember.
Speed Racer and Bugs Bunny were my heroes. I used to tie my bathrobe sleeves around my neck and let the robe hang down my back, pretending I was Batman (I was four years old). And I wanted to be Moe from the Three Stooges because he was the "smart one" and he led the other two...
But back to my story. On this particular night, I stopped my surfing on an old Technicolor movie called Auntie Mame. In the movie, the title character is a spinster who marches to the beat of her own drum. Despite being older yet single, this lady was always happy with herself. So I'm watching this movie with half-interest until this character says something that almost knocks me out of my chair---
"Oh, darling, life's a banquet--- and most poor suckers are STARVING!"
I'm not a middle aged white woman, I'm a Black man, and I was about 30 years old at the time. But that line just hit me where I was living. I was starving! Not for food--- in fact I was overweight..but in life. I had taken exactly what "life" had given me--- and no more. But so much more was available! And I wasn't having any of it. What's worse, it was my own fault.
I don't remember how the movie ended, because I was too busy thinking about what Mame had said to me. And I wasn't gonna be a "sucker" anymore!
Fast forward to today when my banquet table is full--- because I have an idea. OK, it's actually SOMEONE ELSE'S idea--- but it works for me too. I'm having FUN, building the largest, most profitable, highest retention organization in the HISTORY OF NETWORK MARKETING--- easily and consistently--- through education and teamwork.
And God Bless Auntie Mame!
One late night many years ago, I was sick with the flu or my girlfriend had left me or something--- I don't remember what. But anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I went into the living room and turned on the TV. Television has a way of making me feel better. It's been my constant companion for as long as I can remember.
Speed Racer and Bugs Bunny were my heroes. I used to tie my bathrobe sleeves around my neck and let the robe hang down my back, pretending I was Batman (I was four years old). And I wanted to be Moe from the Three Stooges because he was the "smart one" and he led the other two...
But back to my story. On this particular night, I stopped my surfing on an old Technicolor movie called Auntie Mame. In the movie, the title character is a spinster who marches to the beat of her own drum. Despite being older yet single, this lady was always happy with herself. So I'm watching this movie with half-interest until this character says something that almost knocks me out of my chair---
"Oh, darling, life's a banquet--- and most poor suckers are STARVING!"
I'm not a middle aged white woman, I'm a Black man, and I was about 30 years old at the time. But that line just hit me where I was living. I was starving! Not for food--- in fact I was overweight..but in life. I had taken exactly what "life" had given me--- and no more. But so much more was available! And I wasn't having any of it. What's worse, it was my own fault.
I don't remember how the movie ended, because I was too busy thinking about what Mame had said to me. And I wasn't gonna be a "sucker" anymore!
Fast forward to today when my banquet table is full--- because I have an idea. OK, it's actually SOMEONE ELSE'S idea--- but it works for me too. I'm having FUN, building the largest, most profitable, highest retention organization in the HISTORY OF NETWORK MARKETING--- easily and consistently--- through education and teamwork.
And God Bless Auntie Mame!
posted by The Blue Collar MLM Guy @ 1:29 PM
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