~DoN't WoRk..??Be HaTeD..??~

Work is anything that you are compelled to do.By its very nature,it is undesirable.

Resist the temptation to get a job.Instead,play.Find something you enjoy doing.Do it.Over and over again.You will become good at it for two reasons:you like it and you do it often.Soon,that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language.So,I became a litigator.I enjoy it and I would do it for free.If I didn’t do that,I would’ve been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche.I don’t imagine you will need to look very hard.By this time in your life,you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do.In fact,I’ll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions.By this time you should know what your obsessions are.If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you,become an obsession.Each day,you must rise with a restless enthusiasm.If you don’t,you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication.To those of you I have a second message:Be wary of the truth.I’m not asking you to speak it,or write it,for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things.The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure,and you will find that the closer you are to someone,the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth.Often,there is great virtue in being evasive,or equivocating.There is also great skill.Any child can blurt out the truth,without thought to the consequences.

It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth,you must first know it.That requires great frankness to yourself.Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over that you should not work and that you should avoid telling the truth.I now say this to you:Be hated.

It’s not as easy as it sounds.Do you know anyone who hates you?Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated,not just by one person,but often by a great many.That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned,abused,murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated.In fact,it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions.It is far too easy to be liked,one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average.That cannot be your role.There are a great many bad people in the world,and if you are not offending them,you must be bad yourself.Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.