Mo Money Mo Problems

The Notorious B.I.G. had it right….mo money, mo problems.

My boss called from his office – “Charlie Sheen’s friends expect him to be dead by the end of the week.”

What?  Obviously that’s a media report on steroids, but what a statement, right?  Charlie Sheen is on a path of self-destruction.

I blogged awhile ago about his new almost $2 million-dollar-an-episode salary – and how crazy I thought that was.  The highest paid actor on television.  And here he is now – in the news and tabloids – trashing his hotel room, running rampant with hookers and drugs.  People ask – what is he thinking?! – and I say, he ISN’T.

It is painfully obvious that Charlie Sheen is lost…addicted…in need of help.  Not because drugs and hookers are the end of the world (I mean look at Keith Richards, he’s still alive)…but because he’s not in control.  He’s not thinking because he has no capacity to do so at the moment.

So what he needs is restraints – in a rehab facility – and a serious wake up call before he is, as his friends predict, “worm food.”  I mean, with all that money yet to be made, a contract signed, huge success in your chosen profession….and children who need you in their lives, it’s important he comes back from the edge and takes a reality pill.

Herein is the point – raging and screaming to be heard…..MONEY – and lots of it – does NOT buy happiness…or peace of mind…or contentment.  Most of us think, wow if I had all that money I would never do that.  But we don’t know – because being rich distorts your vision – on what is real and what isn’t.  It skews your ability to see clearly – to put a value on things – when anything to your liking is for the taking.  It changes the dynamic of how you view the world.  The more money you have, the more you have to manage.  Read up on the wealthiest people of the world – they have interesting stories to tell – of personal struggle and pain despite their burgeoning bank accounts.

Use Mr. Sheen as a reminder….that we are all human…regardless of our paychecks (or lack thereof these days.)  We ALL have problems.  And we all should remember that the most valuable of things in life can never be bought.

Mo money…mo problems.