Someone wants to dig for gold. You tell them there’s nothing but sand over there — there’s nothing to find.
They hate you for it. They come and curse you out. Why should they listen to your advice?
They only love the people who cheer them on, who tell them to keep digging. The ones who sell them shovels. Those people get thanked.
Without dreams, people do live more miserably. And so people love those who support them in chasing their dreams. They have no love for the ones who speak too many hard truths.
Sometimes this world doesn’t need that many hard truths.
Sometimes all you can do is hold firm to your own understanding and your own values.
Believe that you deserve better.
But the reality is — the economic landscape right now doesn’t have that many gold mines left to dig. Even those who once struck it rich — some of them are struggling now.