I'm not sure if any of you have read or heard or seen any of these interviews with Charlie Sheen but they are something else. Currently they are quite hilarious and the guy is making a damn fool of himself. Now I'm not saying that Sheen's career was ever an extremely accomplished one (I mean, Hot Shots! Part Deux was cinema gold and a definite Academy snub...) but the fact of the matter is the guy was the son of a pretty quality actor and it's pretty obvious that the he had a lot of things set up for him. But instead of using that positively he let himself blow up much bigger than he deserved to be. And now he's banging 7 gram rocks with his prostitute girlfriends and demanding three million dollars per episode for his low quality Sitcom when he was already getting paid a ridiculous two million per. The guy's legacy is thrashed, and instead of perhaps saying "oh, the guy was a decent actor who did a few good movies, shows, and was a funny guy, etc", we're going to say "that guy was totally bonkers bananas and it was really fun to laugh at his warlock ass before he O.D.'ed on his self proclaimed 'Charlie Sheen' drug that made mere mortals faces melt off." See what I mean?
Now, you may be wondering why I just ranted for a paragraph about the legacy of a piss poor actor. Well, I really feel bad for the guy, to be honest. And I've seen things in my life recently that have made me really examine what I'm doing with myself, and what others are doing. Granted Charlie Sheen's legacy really doesn't matter much to me, but this idea that things can be destroyed so easily can tend to make one take a closer look at things that you have yourself. It really makes you want to make lasting impressions on people. It makes you want to make sure that when you're gone people will look back fondly at everything that you've accomplished in a positive way. And it's something that doesn't come easy. In fact, I feel like sometimes it's easier to have a poor impression on things than it is to have a lasting quality impression. It's hard. Like so many things in life: If it was easy, everyone would be great and life would be boring
A friend said something to me this morning that kinda rang true with me and it was something that I really liked and wanted to share. She said that beautiful things take a lot more time and effort for upkeep than less beautiful ones (this was said in a completely and totally non-narcissistic way). Take, for example, a really beautiful flower pot filled with really vibrant and exotic plants. Chances are those plants require diligent upkeep in the form of watering, certain types of plant food, etc. Then think of a rock garden. Granted, yeah, some people really like their rock gardens but let's be real about the fact that they're not as cool or as pretty as beautiful vibrant plants and they most certainly do not require similar upkeep. You can look at a person's reputation the same way. If you have a poor reputation and affect people negatively, you don't really have to try too hard. But if you really want to make lasting impressions, leave behind legacies, etc, you truly do have to work at it. But good things like that are definitely worth the time and effort in the end.
So I'll leave you all by saying take the time and effort to be the best possible "you" you can be, and if you feel like you're creating a negative legacy for yourself it is never too late to make changes. Because in the end you want people to say "that person was an amazing part of my life and the lives of others" instead of people saying "That person was a real Charlie Sheen". Oh, and by the way: Hey you sexy beasts, you're all going places.
JB
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