Help Yourself

I never quite understood why people read self-help books.

I've browsed one or 10 at the book store and all I got from it was that some jackass with an honorary PhD is selling a book on how to save a relationship when in real life he's been divorced 3 times. 

Lets face it, everyone needs help. And if you need so much help that you are reading those books, you should turn to professional help and not Oprah's book club. 

I haven't met a single person who turned their life around from reading some book. 

Instead of spending those $30 and however many hours reading it, get your ass in gear and do right.

I guarantee you, every single one of us knows right from wrong. We know what needs to be done to better our lives and to better ourselves somehow. 

Stop wasting your time (and the time of everyone else) by bullshitting and hiding behind endless pages of empty words.

Admit to your faults and shortcomings. Thats a clue: step one. 

Step two: stop being a selfish fuck and change. 

Step three: be better. Period. 

I'm so sick of people using self-help books as a crutch. People expect others to be understanding, accepting and accommodating to their "attempts" to better themselves through reading. A very slim percent of you actually put what you read into ACTIONS. 
Cliche or not but actions are far more vocal than anything anyone can ever promise to change. 

By no means am I going to have more respect for you and your asshole ways just because I see a tattered "how to be happy" book on your night stand. 

In fact, I'm likely to slap you across the head with the book. 

Trust me, you'll get more use out of it that way.

If you want inspiration, visit the Children's Hospital once in your life, adopt an abused animal, volunteer at a shelter or just simply visit your grandma for once.